Narsingdi () is a city and headquarters of

Narsingdi District Narsingdi District () is a district in central Bangladesh. It is located 50 km north-east of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. It is a part of Dhaka Division. The district is famous for its textile craft industry. Narsingdi is bordered by Kish ...

and the

Narsingdi Sadar Upazila Narsingdi Sadar () is an upazila of Narsingdi District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Narsingdi Sadar is located at . It has an area of . Demographics According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Narsingdi Sadar Upazila had 149 ...

Dhaka Division Dhaka Division () is an Divisions of Bangladesh, administrative division of Bangladesh. Dhaka serves as the capital city of Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains as a population magnet, and covers an area of 20, ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. The

Dhaka–Sylhet highway The N2 is a Bangladeshi national highway connecting the capital Dhaka and the town of Tamabil, Sylhet, Tamabil in the Sylhet District at the Indian border. The route passes through the city of Sylhet, crossing the Surma River on the Keane bridge. ...

connects Narsingdi with the capital and other major cities. Narsingdi is one of the most important cities for the garment industry. The city is famous for its textile craft industry.The city has a population of about 180,000 making it the 28th largest city in

Geography

The district is located between 24.1344° N and 90.7860° E. It is surrounded by Tarowa on the north, Hazipur on the east, the

Meghna River The Meghna () is one of the major rivers in Bangladesh, one of the three that form the Ganges Delta, the largest delta on earth, which fans out to the Bay of Bengal. A part of the Surma-Meghna River System, the Meghna is formed inside Banglade ...

on the south, and by Chouwala and Kamargaon on the west.

History

The name Narsingdi, which translates as "lion man" in Bangla, is named after an ancient king(Rajib Ahmed) who was believed as strong as a lion.

Modern history

The district became a district in 1984, and before that it was a subdivision under the greater Dhaka district. The city is famous for its textile craft industry. Narsingdi is one of the most important cities for the garment industry.

Haunted house victim

The Balapur Zamindar Bari in Paikarchar union is over a couple of hundred years old and previously belonged to a Hindu tax collector erstwhile Dhaka district named Jagat Das.The whole mansion was built with decorations and motifs on all sides. Each of the rooms is fitted with mosaic and tiles. The doors and windows were also decorated. There are twin ponds called ''Bhobani'' and ''Rukshar'', and rumor has it that there used to be a Hindu cremation ground in the spot of one of the ponds. With the land apparently being haunted by evil spirits, the whole compound is infamous among the locals.

Demographics

According to the

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 ...

, Narsingdi Municipality had 32,361 households and a population of 146,115. 30,982 (21.20%) were under 10 years of age. Narsingdi had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 67.78%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 970 females per 1000 males.

Education

There are 27 colleges and one Ib diploma program school in the Upazila, most located in Narsingdi Those inside the upazila include: Narsingdi Govt. College, Narsingdi Science College, Narsingdi Independent College, Narsingdi Govt. Mohila College, Abdul Kadir Mollah City College, Abdul Kadir Molla International School (IB) School, Baburhat Green Field College, Farida Hashem International College, Jaj Bhuiyan College, Madhabdi College, Madhabdi Digital College, Narsingdi Central College, Narsingdi Imperial College, Narsingdi Prime College, Narsingdi Udayon College, Scholastica Model College, and Shilmandi Adarsha College. 20210529 1029381-scaled

Notable secondary schools of the city and the district include Brahmondi K.K.M Govt High School (1946), NKM High School and Homes (2008), Satirpara K.K. Institution School & College (1901), Narsingdi Govt. Girl's High School (1934), Balapur Nabin Chandra High School (1905), Charsindur Govt. High School (1919), Shibpur Govt. Pilot Model High School (1918) and Sir K.G Gupta High School (1919). One special school in the city is one of the most prestigious schools in Bangladesh: Abdul Kadir Molla International School. It has two of the most prestigious curriculums: British council ( Cambridge) and IB and other product are CAIE. Through Ib, the school currently has 2 products of IB: the IB diploma program and the IB PYP program.

Notable people

* Satish Pakrashi * Alauddin Al Azad *

Girish Chandra Sen Girish Chandra Sen ( – 15 August 1910) was a Bengali religious scholar and translator. He was a Brahmo Samaj missionary and known for being the first publisher of the ''Qur’an'' into Bengali language in 1886. He was praised by Islamic scho ...

Somen Chanda Somen Chanda (; 24 May 1920 – 8 March 1942) was a Marxist activist, writer and trade union leader of Bengal. Early life Somen Chanda was born in Narsingdi District, British India in 1920. In 1936 he passed Entrance examination from Pogose Sc ...

Matiur Rahman (military pilot) Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman, Bir Sreshtho (29 October 1941 – 20 August 1971) was a Bengali fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and a recipient of Bir Sreshtho, Bangladesh's highest military award ...

* AAMS Arefin Siddique * Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan *

Badrunnesa Dalia Badrunnesa Dalia (; known as ''Dalia'') is a Bangladeshi mainstream Nazrul Sangeet and Rabindra Sangeet singer, performer and a music teacher. She is noted for her versatility as a multi-genre artist (singer). Early life and background Dalia wa ...

Abdul Mannan (academic) Abdul Mannan (1 January 1932 – 30 April 2007) was a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 19th Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. Education and career Mannan earned his master's in biochemistry from the University of Dhaka in 1955. ...

* Khairul Kabir Khokon * Shahabuddin Ahmed (artist) * Abdul Moyeen Khan * Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib * Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz * Shamsur Rahman * Alauddin Al Azad

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Narsingdi District Cities in Bangladesh Dhaka Division