Gouripur is a small town in northern

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 headquarters of

Gouripur Upazila Gouripur () is an upazila located in the Mymensingh District of Bangladesh. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Gouripur Upazila had 72,047 households and a population of 323,057. 86,603 (26.81%) were under 10 years of age. ...

Mymensingh District Mymensingh District () is a district in Mymensingh Division Bangladesh, and is bordered in the north by Meghalaya, India and the Garo Hills, in the south by Gazipur District, in the east by the districts of Netrokona and Kishoreganj and in ...

Mymensingh Division Mymensingh Division (; ) is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 12,225,498 as of the 2022 census. It was formed in 2015 from districts previously composing the northern part of Dhaka Div ...

, it is from

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

, from

Mymensingh Mymensingh () is a metropolis, metropolitan city and capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of the Old Brahmaputra River, Brahmaputra River, about north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center ...

, and from the border with the

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n state of

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. In Gouripur there is an important

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on the Narayanganj-Bahadurabad Ghat Line. The town is surrounded by several small valleys between high forests. The temperature ranges from , and the annual rainfall averages .

Gouripur House

Gouripur House is around hundred year old haveli built by then local zamindar Brajendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury. Brajendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury and his son Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury, were known for their interest in Indian classical music. Post partition property seems to be owned by Sonali Bank Bangladesh.

Places Of interest

* Shrine of Nizam Aulia * Fort of Bokai *Nagar * Shrine of Heroine Sakhina * Tajpur Fort * Ramgopalpur Zeminder House & The Lion Door * Gouripur R.K High School * Gouripur Govt. College

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Populated places in Mymensingh District {{Mymensingh-geo-stub

Gouripur House

Places Of interest

See also

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