Mohammadpur Thana Explained

Official Name:Mohammadpur Thana
Native Name:মোহাম্মদপুর থানা
Native Name Lang:bn
Settlement Type:Thana
Established Title:Established as a thana
Established Date:1976
Pushpin Map:Bangladesh Dhaka#Bangladesh Dhaka division#Bangladesh
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Mohammadpur Thana within Dhaka##Location of Mohammadpur Thana within Dhaka Division##Location of Mohammadpur Thana within Bangladesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Map Caption1:Expandable map of vicinity of Mohammadpur Thana
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bangladesh
Subdivision Type1:Division
Subdivision Name1:Dhaka Division
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dhaka District
Population Total:355843
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:47828
Area Total Km2:7.44
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:23
Timezone:BST
Utc Offset:+6
Coordinates:23.7664°N 90.3586°W
Area Code:1222[3]

Mohammadpur (Bengali: মোহাম্মদপুর) is a thana of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Although initially Mohammadpur had grown as a residential area, subsequent commercial places have also been developed as well.

History

Unlike some parts of Dhaka city, most parts of Mohammadpur were planned in the 1950s as relatively broad streets and avenues. Saat Masjid, a prominent archaeological structure in the area is part of a renowned mosque of Dhaka city called Shia Masjid.

Geography

Mohammadpur thana has an area of 7.44 km2.[4] It is connected to Sadar Ghat and Gabtali by the city protection dam. Mohammadpur borders Shyamoli and Adabor Thana to the north, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar to the east and Dhanmondi and Hazaribagh thanas to the south.

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Mohammadpur Thana has a population of 355,843 with average household size of 4.4 members, and an average literacy rate of 73.5% vs national average of 51.8% literacy.[1]

Points of interest

Residential blocks

Japan Garden City, a big gated community is a part of the neighbourhood. Other well-known blocks include the Pisciculture Housing Society, Mohammadia Housing Society, Baitul Aman Housing Society, Chad Miah Housing, Probal Housing, Tajmahal road and a number of residential areas, which have all grown substantially. This has resulted in a real estate construction boom accompanied by markets and shopping complexes.

Kaderabad Housing is a large housing complex near Mohammadpur Bus Stand. The housing is well organized and has a college and school inside. A large apartment block developed by Assurance and Sara Builders sits near the complex. It is near the main bus stand of the Mohammadpur and the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial.

Residential neighbourhoods like Lalmatia and Bosilla, which has recently undergone rapid modernisation and urbanisation is also a part of the Mohammadpur Thana.

Geneva camp

The Geneva Camp for "Biharis" (mostly from the Indian state of Bihar and other parts of India who migrated to the then East Pakistan during the Partition of 1947) is in Mohammadpur. Biharis have been living there since the end of the 1971 War of Liberation.

Asad Gate

Asad Gate is the monument of the country's liberation war. It was named after an unarmed young man named Asad was killed by the Pakistani army during protests against the erstwhile military junta of Pakistan, part of Bangladesh's independence movement.

Transportation

BRTC, Raja City, Moitri, Torongo, Torongo Plus, Malancha, Projapoti, Poristhan, Rojonighondha, Swadhin, Meshkat, 13 No, Dhaka Nagar Poribahan. and some other bus transportation companies have facilitated the communication system of the inhabitants of this area.

Education

Schools and colleges or madrasha

Universities

Culture

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population & Housing Census . 2011 . . Bangladesh Government . 17 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170903181037/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/National%20Reports/Union%20Statistics.pdf . 3 September 2017 . dead.
  2. Web site: Geographic coordinates of Dhaka, Bangladesh . DATEANDTIME.INFO. 7 July 2016 .
  3. Web site: ঢাকা পোস্টকোড. ডাক অধিদপ্তর. 2024-01-17 .
  4. Book: Ahmed, S. S. . 2012 . Mohammadpur Thana (Dhaka Metropolitan) . https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mohammadpur_Thana_(Dhaka_Metropolitan) . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.