Jamalpur (district)

Jamalpur district
Basic data
Country	Bangladesh
division	Maimansingh
Seat	Jamalpur
surface	2,115.1 km²
Residents	2,292,674 (2011)
density	1084 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BD-21
Website	jamalpur.gov.bd

Coordinates: 24 ° 55 '  N , 89 ° 58'  E

Jamalpur District ( Bengali জামালপুর জেলা Jamalpur Jela or Jamalpur Zila ) is an administrative district in Bangladesh . It lies to the west of the Maimansingh Division, formed in 2015, and is one of six districts in this division. Previously, the district formed in 1978 was part of the Dhaka division .

geography

The 2115.12 km² district borders in the northwest on the administrative district Kurigram , in the north on the Indian state of Meghalaya , in the east on the districts Sherpur and Maimansingh , in the south on the Tangail district and in the west on the Jamuna River (today's main river of the Brahmaputras ) and the districts of Bogra , Sirajganj and Gaibandha .

The most important flowing water in Jamalpur is the Brahmaputra .

Nature and wildlife

The vegetation corresponds to that of the lowland areas of Bengal and Assam with numerous evergreen trees. There are also fruit trees, palms and banana trees. However, the landscape is largely characterized by the intensive cultivation of rice, sugar cane, jute, tobacco and mustard.

The fauna includes several species of deer, elephants and tigers. However, wild elephants and tigers have become rare because of deforestation and the rapidly increasing population (settlement pressure). There are also numerous species of birds, fish, reptiles, snakes and amphibians.

climate

The temperatures fluctuate between 12.0 ° C and 33.3 ° Celsius. The average annual rainfall is 2174 mm. The average humidity is around 70%. There is little rain in the months from November to March. June, July and August are the months with the most rain.

history

In the Middle Ages it was part of various small kingdoms that were partly Buddhist, partly Hindu. First it was part of the Kingdom of Kamarupa , then from 750 of the Kingdom of Pala and from 1120 part of the Sena Empire . From the 12th century onwards, Muslim armies tried to conquer the area, which they succeeded between 1204 and 1303. It belonged first to the Sultanate of Delhi , later to the Sultanate of Bengal and then to the Mughal Empire . From 1765 it belonged to British India as part of the Dhaka division to the Mymensingh district. The sub-district emerged in the 19th century. From 1947 to 1971 the district was part of East Pakistan in the Republic of Pakistan. In 1978 the previous Jamalpur sub-district became an independent district. However, at that time the Thanas Nakla, Nalitabari, Sherpur and Sribordi were separated and came to the new district of Sherpur.

population

Population development

As everywhere in Bangladesh, the population in the district has been growing rapidly for decades. The following table illustrates this:

age structure

As everywhere in Bangladesh, the population is on average very young. The average age at the last census in 2011 was 23.58 years and the trend is rising.

The 2011 census showed the following age structure:

Age	0–9 years	10–19 years	20-29 years	30–39 years	40-49 years	50–59 years	60–69 years	70–79 years	80 years and more
number	571,627	424.417	372,522	326.020	249,820	160,792	106,856	55,517	style = "text-align: center;" | 25.103
proportion of	24.93%	18.51%	16.25%	14.22%	10.90%	7.01%	4.66%	2.42%	1.09%
Source: Zila Jamalpur, table P14, page 315

Significant places

The most populous town within the district is the district capital Jamalpur . Other towns (Town) are Dewaganj , Islampur , Madarganj , Melandaha and Sharishabari . But with Bakshiganj there is another place without municipal rights with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The urban population makes up only 16.92 percent of the total population. The named places have the following population figures:

administration

Although Jamalpur was created in 1882 as an administrative sub-unit of the Mymensingh District (today Maimansingh Division), it was not until 1978 that it received the status of an independent national administrative district. Administratively, the district is divided into seven Upazilas : Bakshiganj , Dewanganj , Islampur , Jamalpur Sadar , Madarganj , Melandaha and Sarishabari. Within this administrative division there are six self-governing towns ( municipalities ), 68 Union Parishads (village councils) and 1361 villages.

economy

There are a total of 1,721,047 people (2011) who are older than 10 years. Of these, 437,667 people are in school, 15,392 people looking for work and 636,295 people work in a household. 631,693 people are in paid employment. Of these, 438,493 (= percent) people work in agriculture and fishing, 38,642 in industry and 154,558 in services.

Agriculture dominates the district's economy; The main products are rice , sugar cane , jute , tobacco , mustard seeds , wheat and lentils as well as peanuts , vegetables , milk , eggs and animal skins .

Footnotes

1. ↑ Jamalpur, Kishoreganj , Maimansingh , Netrokona , Sherpur and Tangail .

Web links

• Article on the Jamalpur district at Banglapedia
• Jamalpur at the 2011 census
• Zila Jamalpur at the 2011 census
• Article Jamalpur Subdivision in the Imperial Gazetteer of India