Shibpur Upazila

Shibpur is an Upazila of Narsingdi District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.GeographyShibpur is located at. It has 44365 households and total area 206.89 km².DemographicsAs of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Shibpur has a population of 237246. Males constitute 50.77% of the population, and females 49.23%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 117487. Shibpur has an average literacy rate of 32.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.AdministrativeShibpur has 9 Unions/Wards, 125 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 196 villages. Name of Union of Shibpur. Masimpur Aiubpur Chakradha Putia Sadherchar Joynagar Bagabo Dulalpur JosharEconomyShibpur is a densely industrial area, and is home to many textile mills. Narsingdi gas field is located in the Shibpur upazila under Narsingdi district adjacent to the Dhaka-Sylhet highway about 45 km away of northern most east direction from capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. This field was discovered by Petrobangla in 1990. Total recoverable gas reserves of this field re-estimated by Hydrocarbon Unit is 215 billion cubic feet (6.1×109 m3). Commercial gas production was started in 1996 and till 31 August 2006 total 66.304 billion cubic feet (1.8775×109 m3) or 30.84 percent of gas reserves has been recovered.Educational Institute of Shibpur Uzala press and computer academy Datter Gaon Gov. Primary School Datter Gaon High School D. K. Kinter Garden (Bakir) Shibpur Pilot Boys High School Gov. Saheed Asad College, Shibpur Shibpur Saheed Asad Collegiate Girl's High School & college Sabuj Pahar College, Shibpur Harihardi High School & College Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan College Shibpur Pilot Girls High School Shibpur Model CollegeAshiq School & College SipMih Photography College Syed Nagar Govt. Primary School Syed Nagar Ataur Rahman High School Tulip Kinder Garden Syed Nagar Dulalpur High SchoolTelia Jawakandi high School Moharpara High School