Lakshmipur (Bengali: লক্ষ্মীপুর, also spelt Laxmipur, pronounced lok-khi-pur) is a district of Bangladesh with an area of 1,440.39 km². It is bordered by Chandpur to the north, Bhola and Noakhali districts to the south, Noakhali to the east, and Barisal and Bhola districts to the west. Lakshmipur was part of Noakhali until 15 February 1984. At that time, the western part of Noakhali was promoted from Lakshmipur subdivision to Lakshmipur district to provide administrative facilities.^[3]

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Lakshmipur লক্ষ্মীপুর
District of Bangladesh
Road from Dhaka to Lakshmipur, Tita Khan Jame Masjid, Dam near Moju Chowdhury Hat, Meghna River at Haidergang Ghat, Sunset at Char Alexander
Expandable map of Lakshmipur District
Coordinates: 22.9500°N 90.8250°E / 22.9500; 90.8250
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong Division
Subdivision	1979
District	15 February 1984 (split from Noakhali)
Headquarters	Lakshmipur
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	Muhammad Anwar Husayn Akand
Area
• Total	1,440.39 km2 (556.14 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)[1]
• Total	1,937,948
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Lakshmipuri, Laxmipuri
Time zone	UTC+06:00 (BST)
Postal code	3700
HDI (2018)	0.596[2] medium · 11th of 21
Website	www.lakshmipur.gov.bd

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The district of Lakshmipur consists of four municipalities, 58 union parishads, 514 villages, 3,539 mosques, 45 temples, and one church.^[4]

The upazilas, or subdivisions, under this district are:^[5]

• Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila
• Ramganj Upazila
• Raipur Upazila
• Ramgati Upazila
• Kamalnagar Upazila

According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Lakshmipur District had 459,344 households and a population of 1,937,948. 431,467 (22.26%) were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,345 people per km². Lakshmipur district had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 73.98%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1122 females per 1,000 males. 24.90% of the population lived in urban areas.^[1]

As of the 2011 census, 96.55% are Muslims, 3.44% Hindus. The Hindu population has decreased slightly from 63,000 in 1981 to 59,000 in 2011,^[6] but increased to 62,000 in 2022.^[1]

• Ramgonj Government College
• Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan Academy, Ramgonj
• Ziaul Hoque High School and college,Ramgonj
• Ramgonj Model University College
• Panpara High School and College,Ramgonj
• Dalta Model College,Ramgonj
• Ramgonj pilot’s Girls School
• Ramgonj High School
• Ramgonj M.u.government School
• Ramgonj Residential School and College
• Batra High School,Ramgonj
• Paniwala High School,Ramgonj
• Nagmud Bazar High School,Ramgonj
• Ramgonj Alia Madrasa
• Al-Amin Madrasa,Ramgonj
• Ramgonj Mahammadiya complex Madrasa
• Lakshmipur Aliya Madrasa, founded in 1872
• Abirnogor Mahmudia Dakhil Madrasha, founded in 1902
• Raipur Alia Madrasa, founded in 1886
• Bhawaniganj Karamatia Senior Madrasa, founded in 1904
• Mandari ML High School, laxmipur
• Protapgonj High School, Chandraganj
• Lakshmipur Government Girl's High School
• Lakshmipur Government College
• Lakshmipur Government Women's College
• Lakshmipur Adarsha Samad Government High School
• Khaguria High School
• Dighali High School
• Rupachara shafi ullah High School
• Charshahi Islamia Alim Madrasa, founded in 1920.
• Toomchar Islamia Kamil Madrasah, Sadar
• Dalal Bazar N.k. high school, Dalal Bazar
• Hazir Hat Millat Govt. School
• Udayan Adarsha High School. School

ধর্মপুর উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়

• Fatehpur JU Fajil madrasa

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• Mohammad Mohammadullah, 3rd President of Bangladesh^[7]
• Nishat Majumdar, first women Everest climber from Bangladesh^[8]
• Abdul Matin Chowdhury, 14th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka^[9]
• A. N. M Momtaz Uddin Choudhury, first vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh
• Abdul Mannan, MP for Lakshmipur-4
• Abul Khair Bhuiyan, former MP for Lakshmipur-2
• A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal, former Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
• A. N. M. Shamsul Islam, former MP for Lakshmipur-1
• A. S. M. Abdur Rab, politician and founder of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD
• Chowdhury Khurshid Alam, former MP for Lakshmipur-2
• Gholam Sarwar Husseini, politician and former Pir of Dayra Sharif, Shyampur
• Hafezzi Huzur, founder of Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
• Harunur Rashid, former MP for Lakshmipur-2
• Husne Ara Shahed, author and writer
• Khairul Enam, former MP for Lakshmipur-3
• M. A. Awal, former MP for Lakshmipur-1
• Mohammad Noman, Jatiya Party politician
• Mohammad Shahid Islam, MP for Lakshmipur-2
• Mohammad Toaha, activist of the Bengali Language Movement and politician
• M. M. Ruhul Amin, 16th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Muhammad Abdullah, academic
• Nazim Uddin Ahmed, former MP for Lakshmipur-1
• Selina Parvin, journalist and poet
• Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie, former MP for Lakshmipur-3
• S I M Nurunnabi Khan, writer and freedom fighter
• Syed Abul Kalam Azad, former treasurer of the University of Dhaka
• Tofail Ahmed, folk researcher
• Tufail Mohammad, Punjabi military officer and second recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider
• Ziaul Haque Zia, former MP for Lakshmipur-1