Sutrapur Thana Explained

Official Name:Sutrapur Thana
Native Name:সূত্রাপুর 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 Sutrapur Thana within Dhaka##Location of Sutrapur Thana within Dhaka Division##Location of Sutrapur Thana within Bangladesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Map Caption1:Expandable map of vicinity of Sutrapur Thana
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bangladesh
Subdivision Type1:Division
Subdivision Name1:Dhaka Division
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dhaka District
Population Total:211210
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:101543
Area Total Km2:2.08
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:23
Timezone:BST
Utc Offset:+6
Coordinates:23.7064°N 90.4165°W

Sutrapur (Bengali: সূত্রাপুর) is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Sutrapur is bounded by Paltan Thana, Motijheel Thana and Sabujbagh Thana on the north, Keraniganj Upazila on the south, Sabujbagh Thana, Jatrabari Thana and Gendaria Thana on the east and Kotwali Thana and Bangshal Thana on the west. It has a total area of 2.08km2.[3]

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Sutrapur Thana has a population of 211,210 with average household size of 4.9 members, and an average literacy rate of 79.9% vs national average of 51.8% literacy.[1]

Economy

Sutrapur houses some of the oldest businesses in the city. Call Ready began in 1948 as Arju Light House, a small business that rented out lights and phonographs for events. They soon branched out into microphones and loudspeakers, supplying them for many historic political meetings and rallies. As of 2017, they still have a storefront in Lakshmibazar.[4]

Points of interest

Education

Sutrapur is home to some of the old and renowned schools, like Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, St Gregory's High School, Mitali Bidyapith High School, Dhaka Collegiate School, Muslim Government High School, and Pogose School, Dhaka.

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. Book: Marufuzzaman, S. . 2012 . Sutrapur Thana . https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Sutrapur_Thana . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  4. News: Chowdhury . Moinul Hoque . The Call Ready microphone that witnessed history . bdnews24.com . 17 March 2017.
  5. News: Rahman . Mahbubur . August 2009 . An Architect's Dhaka . Star Campus . The Daily Star . July 1, 2017.
  6. Web site: List of Monuments . Department of Archaeology . July 1, 2017.