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1423: 1230: 55: 43: 1113: 1156: 105: 596:, Islampur Upazila had 74,963 households and a population of 298,429. 81,951 (27.46%) were under 10 years of age. Islampur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 30.06%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1010 females per 1000 males. 38,568 (12.92%) lived in urban areas. 425:
The reputation of Islampur's copper and wrought metal industry was spread across the country and abroad. The workers here were skilled in the preparation of various shapes and natures of bronze plates, bowls, glasses, cups, drinking bowls, surmadanis, atardanis, lamps, censers, khat-palanka khuras,
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of Shah Kamal in Durmut and Ita Pir are still preserved to this day. In 1831, the Nurul Huda Alim Madrasa was founded in Dengargarh, Islampur which was a leading institution facilitating the education of Islampuris. During the English period, a cutchery was built south of the Sadar road and west of
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was established in Islampur. Palbandha Union is one and a half miles away from the upazila headquarters. The tyrannical Nilkar Sahibs forced the cultivators to cultivate indigo in the 266 acres of land of this union and surrounding vast farmlands. This area had the most indigo cultivation in the
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pitchers, jugs, bronze bells, knife-sword butts, etc. There is a legend in this regard that even an ant could not climb over the edge of the glass for the sweet food in Islampuri smooth glass. Apart from this, Islampur's big eggplant and sugarcane molasses are famous all over the country.
1422: 1229: 603:, Islampur Upazila had 74,963 households and a population of 298,429, 12.9% of whom lived in urban areas. 12.2% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 30.1%, compared to the national average of 51.8%. 626:: Belghacha, Char Gualini, Char Putimari, Chinaduli, Gaibandha, Gualerchar, Islampur, Kulkandi, Noarpara, Palabandha, Partharshi, and Shapdari. The union parishads are subdivided into 58 mauzas and 130 villages. 434:
Islampur has four orphanages; Ashraful Uloom Madrasa Orphanage, Dariabad Shishu Sadan Orphanage, Sirajabad Farazipara Orphanage and Mohammadpur Womens Hefzkhana Orphanage.
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entered Islampur and killed 30 freedom fighters. It was liberated by the freedom fighters on 7 December. On 3 November 1983, the status of Islampur Thana was upgraded to
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the present Islampur Government College which was used for government purposes. This upazila is associated with the history of
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cultivation and the atrocities of the indigo lords during the English period. In 1914, a
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Islampur, formed as a Thana in 1914, was turned into an upazila in 1983.
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to this area, and the area was visited by the Mughal governor of Bengal
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rivers. Islampur has 74,963 households and total area 353.31 km.
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Major educational institutes in the upazila include the following:-
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by the name of Islampur was established here, and after that a
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Islampur Upazila is divided into Islampur Municipality and 12
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15. Islampur M.A. Samad Parvez Mohila Degree College
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Upazila
Jute field in the chars of Islampur upazila
Location of Islampur
25°5′N 89°47.5′E / 25.083°N 89.7917°E / 25.083; 89.7917
Country
Bangladesh
Division
Mymensingh Division
District
Jamalpur District
Islampur
Jamal Abdun Naser
Jamalpur-2
Faridul Haq Khan
Demonym
Time zone
UTC+6
BST
Postal code
islampur.jamalpur.gov.bd
Bengali
upazila
Jamalpur District
Mymensingh Division
Bangladesh
25°05′00″N 89°47′30″E / 25.0833°N 89.7917°E / 25.0833; 89.7917
Brahmaputra
Jamuna
pargana
Sufi saint

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