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Pirojpur
পিরোজপুর
Town & District headquarter
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Pirojpur
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Pirojpur
Pirojpur (Bangladesh)
Coordinates: 22°34′41″N89°58′05″E / 22.578°N 89.968°E / 22.578; 89.968
Country Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Division Barisal
District Pirojpur
Municipality Eshtablished ()
Area
 • Total29.50 km2 (11.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total60,056
 • Density2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
Website pirojpurmunicipality.org.bd

Pirojpur (Bengali : পিরোজপুর) is a town in Pirojpur district in the division of Barisal in southern Bangladesh. [1] It is the administrative headquarter and the largest town of Pirojpur district. The town covers an area of 29.50 square kilometres (11.39 sq mi) with a population of 78,057, as of the 2011 census.

Demographics

Religions in Pirojpur (2011) [2]
ReligionPercent
Islam
 
82.54%
Hinduism
 
17.44%
Other or not stated
 
0.02%

At the time of the 2011 census, Pirojpur had 13,646 households and a population of 60,056. 11,515 (19.17%) were under 10 years of age. Pirojpur has a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 77.81%. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ পিরোজপুর পৌরসভা সম্পর্কে তথ্য. www.Paurainfo.gov.bd (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Community Report: Pirojpur" (PDF). Population & Housing Census 2011. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
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