Narsingdi District Information

Narsingdi District Information
Area	1140.76 square kilometers.
Bounded by	Kishoreganj district on the north, Narayanganj and Brahmanbaria districts on the south, Brahmanbaria and Kishoreganj districts on the east, Gazipur district on the west.
Profile	Narsingdi district was a subdivision under greater Dhaka district and was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 6 upazilas, 3 municipalities, 27 wards, 55 mahallas, 69 union parishads, 652 mouzas, 1060 villages.
Upazilla/ Thana	Belabo Upazila, Monohardi Upazila, Narsingdi Sadar Upazila, Palash Upazila, Raipura Upazila, Shibpur Upazila
Post Codes for Narsingdi District
Elected MP(s) in 2008 Election
Area# Area Name Elected MP From 199 Narsingdi-1 Mohammad Nazrul Islam Bangladesh Awami League 200 Narsingdi-2 Anwarul Ashraf Khan Bangladesh Awami League 201 Narsingdi-3 Zahirul Haque Bhuiyan Mohan Bangladesh Awami League 202 Narsingdi-4 Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun Bangladesh Awami League 203 Narsingdi-5 Raziuddin Ahmed Bangladesh Awami League Parliament Election Winner (Party-wise): 2001,1996,1991 Seat# Area Name 2001 1996 1991 197 Narsingdi-1 BNP (52.76) BNP (39.80) BNP (58.42) 198 Narsingdi-2 BNP (52.46) BNP (42.76) BNP (47.32) 199 Narsingdi-3 BNP (49.18) BNP (48.33) BNP (47.29) 200 Narsingdi-4 BNP (49.94) BAL (46.51) BNP (53.40) 201 Narsingdi-5 BAL (53.05) BAL (45.00) BNP (23.08) BAL: Bangladesh Awami League BNP: Bangladesh Nationalist Party JI: Jamat E Islami JP: Jatiya Party
History	During the mass upsurge in 1969 three persons were killed and many wounded on 29 December when police fired indiscriminately on procession at Hatirdia Bazar (Monohardi).
Places to see	Silver coin discovered at Wari Batteshwar village (c third century AD), imitated gold coin (c. eighth century AD) discovered at village Wari, stone image (Sena period) found at Narsingdi town, silver coin of Gias Uddin Azam Shah at Algi village, silver coin (Sultani period) at Panchdona, three domed mosque (1524) at Ashrafpur, single domed mosque (eighteenth century) and tomb of Shah Monsur at Kumardi, two copper plate inscriptions (seventeenth century) found at village Ashraffpur, Bibi Joynab Mosque (1719), Parulia Mosque (1716), Raghunath Mandir (c seventeenth century).
Newspapers	Dainik Barta, Dainik Uttap, Dainik Grameen Darpan, Weeklies- Narsingdir Khabar, Aotikram, Khorak; periodicals- Bandhan, Meghna, Grameen Khabar, Narsinghahi.
Rivers	Meghna, Arial Khan, Haridhoa, Kalagachhia and Paharia.