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Pirojpur district at a glance

        

 

Pirojpur is a district in South Western Bangladesh. It is a part of Barisal division. It is located besides the Boleswor river at 22 30’ 00” N 89 52’ 00” E & 22 52’-00” N 90 13’00” E and bounded by Gopalgonj, Barisal district on the north, Barguna district on the south., Jhalokati district on the east and Bagerhat on the west. It is declared as a district in 1st March, 1984. It consists of Seven Upazila, three Pourasava and fifty two Unions. This district has many beautiful places and is famous for its natural furits like coconut, guava, hog-plum, betel leaf and betel nuts etc. The area of the town is small but everything is built in a planned way and also very clean. There are different buses to smooth the communication with other district as well as inside the district. Water routes also connect this district with the capital city, Khulna, Barisal etc all through the year. There are some prominent rivers exists in the districts these are Boleshhwar, Kocha and Sandha etc.

Most of the land is low laying plane land 10-19 feet above from see level and the soil is fertile. It is a tidal and cyclone affected area as a result habitants of this districts faces this challenge every year. The minimum temperature is 8 to 9 c and maximum temp. is 38 c at summer, Annual average rain fall 1990 mm. The peoples are very friendly and helpful. Pirojpur is one of the potential district in Bangladesh in all respect.

 

 

Pirojpur At a Glance
Area: 1277.80 km2 (BBS Statistics 2011)
Metalled Road: 569.61 km (BBS Statistics 2011)
Semi Metalled Road: 744.37 Km (BBS Statistics 2011)
Unmetalled (Kacha) Road: 2774.38 Km (BBS Statistics 2011)
Population: 11.1 Lakh (BBS Statistics 2011)
Density: 871 / Km2 (BBS Statistics 2011)
Literacy: 64.9 % (BBS Statistics 2011)
No. of Upazila: 7 (BBS Statistics 2011)
No. of Union: 52 (BBS Statistics 2011)
No. of Pourashava: 3 (BBS Statistics 2011)
No. of Primary School: 955 (BBS Statistics 2011)
No. of High School: 269 (BBS Statistics 2011)
No. of College: 40 (BBS Statistics 201