Sreepur ( bn, শ্রীপুর) is a

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in central

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

, located in

Gazipur District Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a district in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division. It has an area of 1741.53 km2. It is the home district of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and has been a prominent c ...

in the division of Dhaka. It is the administrative and

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Sreepur Upazila Sreepur is a city in Bangladesh. Sreepur also may refer to: Bangladesh * Sreepur Upazila, Gazipur * Sreepur Upazila, Magura Sreepur ( bn, শ্রীপুর (মাগুরা)) is an upazila of Magura District in the Division of Khulna, Bangla ...

. About 126,249 people live here which makes this city the 36th largest city in

Geography

Sreepur city is located at in the

of central region of

Demographics

According to

2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...

the total population of the city is 126249 of which 67160 are

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s and 59089 are

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s with a density of 2692 persons per km². The number of total household of the city is 31470.

Administration

Sreepur city is governed by a

Paurashava Municipal Corporations or municipalities (also known as pourasabha) are the local governing bodies of the cities and towns in Bangladesh. There are 330 such municipal corporations in eight divisions of Bangladesh. A municipal corporation serving ...

named Sreepur municipality which consists of 9

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and 20 mahallas. Sreepur municipality occupies an area of 46.90 km² of the total city area. The entire city is administrated by Sreepur municipality.

References

Cities in Bangladesh Populated places in Dhaka Division {{Bangladesh-stub