Munshiganj (Bengali: মুন্সীগঞ্জ), also historically and colloquially known as Bikrampur, is a district^[4] in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District.^[5]

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Munshiganj মুন্সীগঞ্জ
District of Bangladesh
Clockwise from top-left: Idrakpur Fort, Baba Adam's Mosque, Meghna near Munshiganj, Sonarong Jor Moth, Dhaleshwari River bank in Munshiganj Sadar Upazila, Nateshwar Deul, Padma Bridge
Nickname:  Bikrampur
Location of Munshiganj District in Bangladesh
Expandable map of Munshiganj District
Coordinates: 23.46°N 90.54°E / 23.46; 90.54
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka
Headquarters	Munshiganj
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	Kazi Nahid Rasul [1]
Area
• Total	1,004.29 km2 (387.76 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)[2]
• Total	1,625,416
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Munshiganji, Bikrompuira, Bikrampuri, Dhakaiya
Time zone	UTC+06:00 (BST)
HDI (2018)	0.649[3] medium · 3rd of 21

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Total land area is 235,974 acres (954 km²), out of which 138472 acres (560 km²) are cultivable and 5609 acres (23 km²) are fallow land. It has no forest area. 40,277 acres (163 km²) of land is irrigated while 26,242 acres (106 km²) of land is under river. It has 14 rivers of 155 km passing through.^{[citation needed]}

Boating is one of the traditions of the people in Munshiganj District. A traditional boat race was held in the Dhaleshwari River which thousands of people came to see. The boat race was held in a 3 km area from the Mirkadim Municipality to Munshiganj launch harbor. Boats with 60 oarsmen, 50 oarsmen and 25 oarsmen participate in the competition every year^[6]

It consists of 6 upazilas, 67 union parishads, 603 wards, 662 mouzas, 906 villages, 73 mahallas and 2 municipalities.^[7]

The district consists of 6 upazilas:^[5]

1. Lohajang Upazila
2. Sreenagar Upazila
3. Munshiganj Sadar Upazila
4. Sirajdikhan Upazila
5. Tongibari Upazila
6. Gazaria Upazila

According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Munshiganj District had 399,631 households and a population of 1,625,416. 303,978 (18.70%) were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,618 people per km². Munshiganj district had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 77.90%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1,061 females per 1,000 males. 18.09% of the population lived in urban areas.^[2]

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Religion in present-day Munshiganj district^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Religion	Population (1941)[8]: 96–97	Percentage (1941)	Population (2022)[2]	Percentage (2022)
Islam	513,766	58.54%	1,500,926	92.34%
Hinduism	362,986	41.36%	122,234	7.52%
Others [lower-alpha 2]	891	0.10%	2,256	0.14%
Total Population	877,643	100%	1,625,416	100%

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91.92% are Muslims, 7.93% Hindus. Although Hindus were once over 40% of the district, most have left to India.

Revolutionary nationalists

• M. Hamidullah Khan, Bangladesh Forces, Sector Commander, Sector 11, Bangladesh War of Independence 1971^[9]
• Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bengali physicist^[10]
• Badal Gupta
• Benoy Basu
• Dinesh Gupta
• Sarojini Naidu, politician
• Chittaranjan Das, poet, founder of Swaraj Party and lawyer

Social and scientific

• Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, biologist, physicist and botanist
• Chashi Nazrul Islam, filmmaker
• Humayun Azad, linguist, poet and novelist^[11]
• Durga Mohan Das, Brahmo reformer
• Dwarkanath Ganguly, Brahmo reformer

Art, culture and sports

• Atiśa, Buddhist religious leader and master
• Brojen Das, the first Bangladeshi and Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it four times
• Alauddin Ali, music composer and director
• Imdadul Haq Milan, writer
• Buddhadeb Bosu, writer, poet, playwright, essayist
• Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, author, teacher
• Ananta Jalil, actor, director, producer, businessman, and philanthropist
• Tahsan Rahman Khan, singer-songwriter, composer, actor and model.
• Tele Samad, actor
• Radhu Karmakar, Indian cinematographer and director in Hindi cinema
• Azmeri Haque Badhon, actress, dentist
• Shimul Yousuf, actress, singer
• Nazma Anwar, actor
• Munni Saha, journalist, television host

Public affairs

• A. N. M. Hamidullah, first governor, Bangladesh Bank ^[12]
• Fakhruddin Ahmed, Chief Adviser to the Non-Party Caretaker Government of Bangladesh, 2007–2008.^[13]
• Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
• A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, President of Bangladesh
• M. A. Naser, engineering educator, Vice Chancellor of BUET, Ekushey Padak recipient

• Districts of Bangladesh
• Munshiganj Vihara
• Idrakpur Fort