Kapasia (Bengali: কাপাসিয়া) is an Upazila of Gazipur
District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Geography
Kapasia is
located at 24.1000°N 90.5708°E . It has 59,221 households and a total
area of 356.98 km². Kapasia is a Thana of Gazipur District. [2] Kapasia
is a part of the old Bhawal Estate and falls within its boundary. The Bhawal
National Park, one of the national parks of Bangladesh within Dhaka
Division, is a 20 km drive away from Kapasia.
Demographics
According to
the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kapasia had a population of 303,710, of whom
154,204 were aged 18 or over. Males constituted 50.83% of the population, and
females 49.17%. Kapasia has an average literacy rate of 100% (7+ years),
against the national average of 32.4%.[3]
Agriculture
and outputs
Kapasia is a
part of Gazipur District's Agricultural Area. Fishery is also popular
along with farming. There has been an earlier project in Kapasia Upazila where
the WorldFish Center with funding from the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) and the Danish International Development Agency (Danida),
had researched on farming systems and had introduced adaptive integrated
aquaculture practices.[4] Progoti Co-operative Land Development Bank
Limited (also known as Progoti Bank) is the first Land Development Bank in Bangladesh which
started functioning on January 10, 2009 in Kapasia town.[5]
See also
Upazilas of
Bangladesh
Districts of
Bangladesh
Divisions of
Bangladesh
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