Lakshmipur District

Lakshmipur (লক্ষ্মীপুর, also spelt Laxmipur, pronounced lok-khi-pur) is a district in Bangladesh with an area of 1,440 km2. It is bordered by Chandpur to the north, Bhola and Noakhali districts to the south, Noakhali to the east, and Barisal and Bhola districts to the west. Lakshmipur was part of Noakhali until 15 February 1984. At that time, the western part of Noakhali was promoted from Lakshmipur subdivision to Lakshmipur district to provide administrative facilities.

Administration
The district of Lakshmipur consists of four municipalities, 58 union parishads, 514 villages, 3,539 mosques, 45 temples, and one church.

The upazilas or subdivisions under this district are:
 * Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila
 * Ramganj Upazila
 * Raipur Upazila
 * Ramgati Upazila
 * Kamalnagar Upazila

Police stations
There are six police stations in Lakshmipur.


 * 1) Lakshmipur Model Thana
 * 2) Ramganj Thana
 * 3) Raipur Thana
 * 4) Ramgati Thana
 * 5) Kamalnagar Thana
 * 6) Chandragonj Thana

Demographics
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Lakshmipur District had 459,344 households and a population of 1,937,948. 431,467 (22.26%) were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,345 people per km2. Lakshmipur district had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 73.98%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1122 females per 1,000 males. 24.90% of the population lived in urban areas.

As of the 2011 census, 96.55% are Muslims, 3.44% Hindus. The Hindu population has decreased slightly from 63,000 in 1981 to 59,000 in 2011, but increased to 62,000 in 2022.



Education

 * Ababil National Ideal School,Haidergonj, Raipur, Lakshmipur
 * Ramgonj Government College
 * Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan Academy, Ramgonj
 * Ziaul Hoque High School and college,Ramgonj
 * Ramgonj Model University College
 * Panpara High School and College,Ramgonj
 * Dalta Model College,Ramgonj
 * Ramgonj Pilot’s Girls School
 * Ramgonj High School
 * Ramgonj M.U. Government School
 * Ramgonj Residential School and College
 * Batra High School,Ramgonj
 * Paniwala High School,Ramgonj
 * Nagmud Bazar High School,Ramgonj
 * Ramgonj Alia Madrasa
 * Al-Amin Madrasa,Ramgonj
 * Ramgonj Mahammadiya Complex Madrasa
 * Lakshmipur Aliya Madrasa
 * Abirnogor Mahmudia Dakhil Madrasha
 * Raipur Alia Madrasa
 * Bhawaniganj Karamatia Senior Madrasa, founded in 1904
 * Mandari ML High School
 * Protapgonj High School, Chandraganj
 * Lakshmipur Government Girl's High School
 * Lakshmipur Government College
 * Lakshmipur Government Women's College
 * Lakshmipur Adarsha Samad Government High School
 * Khaguria High School
 * Dighali High School
 * Rupachara Shafiullah High School
 * Charshahi Islamia Alim Madrasa, founded in 1920.
 * Toomchar Islamia Kamil Madrasah, Sadar
 * Dalal Bazar N.K. High School, Dalal Bazar
 * Hazir Hat Millat Govt. School
 * Udayan Adarsha High School


 * Fatehpur JU Fajil Madrasa

Notable people

 * Mohammad Mohammadullah, 3rd President of Bangladesh
 * Nishat Majumdar, first woman Everest climber from Bangladesh
 * Abdul Matin Chowdhury, 14th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka
 * A. N. M Momtaz Uddin Choudhury, first vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh
 * Abdul Mannan, MP for Lakshmipur-4
 * Abul Khair Bhuiyan, former MP for Lakshmipur-2
 * A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal, former Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
 * A. N. M. Shamsul Islam, former MP for Lakshmipur-1
 * A. S. M. Abdur Rab, politician and founder of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD
 * Chowdhury Khurshid Alam, former MP for Lakshmipur-2
 * Gholam Sarwar Husseini, politician and former Pir of Dayra Sharif, Shyampur
 * Hafezzi Huzur, founder of Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
 * Harunur Rashid, former MP for Lakshmipur-2
 * Husne Ara Shahed, author and writer
 * Khairul Enam, former MP for Lakshmipur-3
 * M. A. Awal, former MP for Lakshmipur-1
 * Mohammad Noman, Jatiya Party politician
 * Mohammad Shahid Islam, MP for Lakshmipur-2
 * Mohammad Toaha, activist of the Bengali Language Movement and politician
 * M. M. Ruhul Amin, 16th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
 * Muhammad Abdullah, academic
 * Nazim Uddin Ahmed, former MP for Lakshmipur-1
 * Selina Parvin, journalist and poet
 * Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie, former MP for Lakshmipur-3
 * S I M Nurunnabi Khan, writer and freedom fighter
 * Syed Abul Kalam Azad, former treasurer of the University of Dhaka
 * Tofail Ahmed, folk researcher
 * Tufail Mohammad, Punjabi military officer and second recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider
 * Ziaul Haque Zia, former MP for Lakshmipur-1