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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Tongi Upazila Gazipur District
Tongi
Upazila Gazipur District
Tongi (Bengali: টঙ্গী) is a township in Gazipur, Bangladesh,
with a population of 350,000. It hosts the Biswa Ijtema and features
a BSCIC industrial area, which produces BDT1500 crore of industrial
products annually,[1][2] and marks the northern border of Dhaka since
1786.[3] Tongi Shahid Memorial School compound is mass burial site of thegenocide in Liberation
War of Bangladesh.
Geography
and administration
Ruins of
Tungy Bridge, an etching by Charles D'Oyly's (1825).
Tongi, a thana (police
station) within the Gazipur Sadar Upazila along with Joydebpur since
1983,[1] is located immediately north of Dhaka. It lies within the
jurisdiction Gazipur Distrit which is a part of the Dhaka Division.
Geologically,
the Tongi area comprises the southern extension of the Madhupur tract, a
long narrow tract of tectonically elevated area of older sediments only a few
metres above the surrounding rivers the Turag. Locally, the Tract is subdivided
into the Bhawal Garh terrace which is a part of an inlier, an elevated area
surrounded by lowlands by very young riverine sediments occupying the surrounding
valleys. The older sediment sequence consists of sandstone of the Dupi
Tila Formation overlain by Madhupur Clay, which in turn is overlain
by alluvium. The elevation of the Tract varies from 2 to 14 m above mean sea level
and it has shallow bedrock which forms a firm substrate for supporting large
structures.[4]
Demography
Many of the
people who live in Tongi commute to Dhaka each day, mainly by bus. Many people
are also employed at factories in Export Processing Zones (EPZ),
areas given special tax and tariff exemptions by the government in order to
stimulate industry.[5]
History
Mir Jumla II (1660–1663)
built a fort to protect the northern entry of Dhaka during his reign as a Mughal subadar (1660–1663).[3][6] The
subadar also built a bridge over the riverTurag.[3] Mir Jumla constructed
a road, now a part of the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, that connected Tongi with Bag-e-Badshahi.
It served as an axis of urban growth in the 19th and 20th centuries as sites
for establishment of new urban settlements - Gulshan (formed in 1961), Banani
(in 1964), Baridhara (in 1972) and Uttara (in 1965) - were picked off the
highlands along that axis road.[3]
In 1786,
Tongi-Jamalpur was designated as the northern boundary of Dhaka by the East
India Company, reaffirmed by John Taylor, the first English Commercial Resident of
Dhaka in 1800.[3]
Education
Educational
institutions in this area include:
Mozida
Government High School
Safiuddin
Sarker Academy and College
Tongi Pilot
School & Girls' College
Medical
Colleges & Hospitals
Tongi Sadar
Hospital - 250 bedded hospital
Tairunnessa Memorial Medical College & Hospital - 375 bedded hospital
International Medical College & Hospital - 500 bedded hospital
Tairunnessa Memorial Medical College & Hospital - 375 bedded hospital
International Medical College & Hospital - 500 bedded hospital
Transport
The newly
constructed Tongi Diversion Road forms another important artery of the road
network leading to Dhaka.[3]
The
Narayanganj-Dhaka-Mymensingh State railway was opened in 1885-86.[3] Tongi
is a break of gauge junction station on the Bangladesh Railway where
the new cross country line across the Jamuna Bridge from the western
section joins the eastern section. Tongi is situated on the bank of the river
Turag, transport boats and cargo boats are also available here.Now a new Boat
terminal ready to use here.
Religion in Gazipur District
Religion in
Gazipur District
Ghazipur
District : Census 2011 data
An official
Census 2011 detail of Ghazipur, a district of Uttar Pradesh has been released
by Directorate of Census Operations in Uttar Pradesh. Enumeration of key
persons was also done by census officials in Ghazipur District of Uttar
Pradesh.
In 2011, Ghazipur had population of 3,620,268 of which male and female were 1,855,075 and 1,765,193 respectively. In 2001 census, Ghazipur had a population of 3,037,582 of which males were 1,537,141 and remaining 1,500,441 were females. Ghazipur District population constituted 1.81 percent of total Maharashtra population. In 2001 census, this figure for Ghazipur District was at 1.83 percent of Maharashtra population.
There was change of 19.18 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001. In the previous census of India 2001, Ghazipur District recorded increase of 25.70 percent to its population compared to 1991.
In 2011, Ghazipur had population of 3,620,268 of which male and female were 1,855,075 and 1,765,193 respectively. In 2001 census, Ghazipur had a population of 3,037,582 of which males were 1,537,141 and remaining 1,500,441 were females. Ghazipur District population constituted 1.81 percent of total Maharashtra population. In 2001 census, this figure for Ghazipur District was at 1.83 percent of Maharashtra population.
There was change of 19.18 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001. In the previous census of India 2001, Ghazipur District recorded increase of 25.70 percent to its population compared to 1991.
Religion
Religion in Gazipur District
Religion Percent
Islam 89.0
Hinduism 8.5
Christianity 2.4
other religions 0.1
In Gazipur District majority of the people are
Muslims. Hindu and Christian People are
also live in amity with the large number of
Muslims.
Religion in Gazipur District
Religion Percent
Islam 89.0
Hinduism 8.5
Christianity 2.4
other religions 0.1
In Gazipur District majority of the people are
Muslims. Hindu and Christian People are
also live in amity with the large number of
Muslims.
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