Gazipur

It is also part of Greater Dhaka. Since 2013, Gazipur has been governed by the Gazipur City Corporation, making it one of thirteen cities in Bangladesh that are administered by a city corporation.

• Official Name — Gazipur • Type — Metropolis • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Bangladesh • Subdivision Type1 — Division • Subdivision Name1 — Dhaka Division • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Gazipur District • Established Title — Municipality • Established Date — 1984 • Established Title2 — Metropolitan city • Established Date2 — 13 January 2013 • Government Type — Mayor–Council • Governing Body — Gazipur City Corporation • Leader Title — Administrator • Leader Name — Md Shawkat Hossain Sarkar • Leader Title2 — City Council • Leader Name2 — 57 constituencies • Leader Title3 — Parliament • Leader Name3 — 3 constituencies • Area Metro Km2 — 329.23 • Population Total — 2,677,715 • Population As Of — 2022 census • Population Density Km2 — 8134 • Population Blank1 Title — City rank • Population Blank1 — 3rd in Bangladesh • Time Zone — Bangladesh Time • Utc Offset — +6 • Elevation M — 18 • Elevation Ft — 26 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 1700 • Area Code Type — Calling code • Area Code — +880 2 • Demographics Type1 — Languages • Demographics1 Title1 — Official • Demographics1 Title2 — Regional • Demographics1 Info2 — Eastern Bengali • Custom Label Sec2 — National Calling Code • Custom Data Sec2 — +880 • Custom Label1 Sec2 — Calling Code • Custom Data1 Sec2 — 0681 • Custom Label2 Sec2 — UN/LOCODE • Custom Data2 Sec2 — BD GZP • Custom Label1 Sec1 — GDP (2022) • Custom Data1 Sec1 — PPP $8.5 billion Nominal $3.2 billion • Custom Label3 Sec1 — HDI (2023) • Custom Data3 Sec1 — 0.701 high · 5th of 22 • Custom Label4 Sec1 — Police • Custom Data4 Sec1 — Gazipur Metropolitan Police • Custom Label5 Sec1 — Airport • Custom Data5 Sec1 — Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (nearby) • Custom Label6 Sec1 — Planning Authority • Custom Data6 Sec1 — Gazipur Development Authority • Custom Label7 Sec1 — Water Supply and Sewerage Authority • Custom Data7 Sec1 — Dhaka WASA • Website — gazipur.gov.bd • Blank Emblem Size — 120px • Blank Emblem Type — Gazipur City Corporation Seal • Other Name — Joydebpur

Mirzapur Union is situated in the north of the city, in the south Dhaka North City Corporation and Savar Yarpur Union. On the east side, there is Baria Union, Kaliganj Upazila, Gazipur and Sreepur Upazila, Gazipur. Mouchak and Maddhapara union of Kaliakair Upazila, and Shimulia and Damshona of Savar are at the west.

Population of Gazipur Municipality • 2001 — 2011 • 222,801 — 913,061 As of 2022 census results, Gazipur City Corporation had 836,875 households and a population of 2,677,715. 15.00% of the population was under 10 years of age. Gazipur had a literacy rate of 83.57% for those 7 years and older and a sex ratio of 112.61 males per 100 females. As of the 2011 census, population of what would become Gazipur City corporation was 1,626,077 living in 398,164 households. Gazipur had a literacy rate of 67.39% and a sex ratio of 858 females per 1000 males.

• Illustration — Ward map of Gazipur City Corporation In 2013, a new local government entity called the Gazipur City Corporation was formed by merging the municipalities of Gazipur and Tongi, together with the rural areas of Bashan, Gachha, Kashimpur, Kayaltia, Konabari and Pubail. The area of the newly created city corporation is sqkm. Gazipur consists of fifty seven wards including Uttar Chayabithi and 131 mahallas. Gazipur is one of eleven cities of Bangladesh that are administered by a city corporation. Among the city corporations it is the youngest and largest in size.

There are many government and private hospitals and clinics in the city. Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College is one of the bigger hospitals in Gazipur city and the only public medical college in the city. The city also has two private medical colleges with 36 private clinics and hospitals. The city also has 26 family planning clinics. Air pollution levels in Gazipur are extremely unhealthy. In 2020, annual average PM2.5 air pollution in Gazipur stood at 94.6 μg/m 3, which is almost 18.9 times the World Health Organization PM2.5 Guideline (5 μg/m 3: set in September, 2021). These pollution levels are estimated to reduce the life expectancy of an average person living in Gazipur by 8.8 years.

residents • Tajuddin Ahmed, 1st prime minister of Bangladesh • Ahsanullah Master, politician • Meghnad Saha, scientist • AKM Mozammel Haque, politician • Simin Hossain Rimi, politician • Sohel Taj, politician • Hannan Shah, politician • Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad, 2nd attorney general of Bangladesh