Narsingdi, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Narsingdi, Dhaka, Bangladesh রায়পুরা, মনোহরদী, শিবপুর, বেলাবো, পলাশ, নরসিংদী - রামশিবেপন Annual average temperature: maximum 36°C, minimum 12.7°C; annual rainfall 2376 mm.
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Narsingdi District (dhaka division) with an area of 1140.76 sq km, is bounded by kishoreganj district on the north, narayanganj and brahmanbaria districts on the south, Brahmanbaria and Kishoreganj districts on the east, gazipur district on the west. Main rivers are Meghna, Arial Khan, Haridhoa, Kalagachhia and Paharia. There are high hills with red soil on the northern region of the district. Nar

singdi (Town) consists of 9 wards and 33 mahallas. The area of the town is 14.76 sq km. Narsingdi municipality was established in 1972. The town has a population of 42023; male 54.52%, female 45.48%; density of population per sq km is 2847. Literacy rate among the town people is 51.6%.

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Narsingdi district was a subdivision under greater Dhaka district and was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 6 upazilas, 3 municipalities, 27 wards, 55 mahallas, 69 union parishads, 652 mouzas, 1060 villages. The upazilas are belabo, monohardi, shibpur, raipura, palash and narsingdi sadar. Birsreshtha Matiur Rahman, Poet Shamsur Rahman, Abdul Mannan Bhuian, Alhaj Moulavi Mohammed Tofazzal Hossain, Let. Gen.(Ret.) Nur Uddin Khan, Shahid Asad, Abdul Momen Khan, Mohammed Appel Mahmood, Dr. Alauddin al Azad, Sondor Ali Gandhi, Dr. Abdul Moin Khan (former minister), Santosh Saha, Dulal Chakrobarty, Sankar Saha, Famous Poet Shahid Professor Saroj Kumar Adhikary, International Artist Sahabuddin, Dr. S.M.Arefin Siddiqui, Mahbubuddin Ahmed, Misbauddin Ahmed, Khorshed Alam (ex-Governor, Bangladesh Bank), Gulam Rahim Kazi (mathematician)

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Narsingdi is a densely industrial area, and is home to many textile mills. Narsingdi gas field is located in the Shibpur upazila under Narsingdi district adjacent to the Dhaka-Sylhet highway about 45 km away of northern most east direction from capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. This field was discovered by Petrobangla in 1990. Total recoverable gas reserves of this field re-estimated by Hydrocarbon Unit is 215 billion cubic feet (6.1×109 m3). Commercial gas production was started in 1996 and till 31 August 2006 total 66.304 billion cubic feet (1.8775×109 m3) or 30.84 percent of gas reserves has been recovered. Largest powerplant of Bangladesh,Ghorashal power plant,owned by Bangladesh Power Development Board(PDB)is situated in palash Upazilla. Narsingdi is riched by several number of jute mills,which plays an important rule in economy. Quality banana is also found here. The biggest and renowned HAAT of bangladesh is located here at NARSINGDI which is known as SEKERCHAR BABUR HAAT. Sugarcane also grow well. There is a sugar mill in polash thana named DESHBONDHO sugar mill. There are two UREA fertilizer industry in polash & ghorashal.

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