Barisal is a beautiful division in Bangladesh...lets see all about Barisal

1. Introduction
 Presented By
 Md Masum Billah
Ziad(161001038)
 Md masum Mia
Heera(161001028)
 Chayan
Baisnab(161001024)
 Presented To
 Anwarul Qadar
 Lecturer
 Department OF EEE

2. All Information of Barisal Division
• Barisal is one of the eighth administrative divisions and
located in the south- central part of Bangladesh. The
division is bordered by Dhaka division to the north, the Bay
of Bengal to the south, Chittagong division to the east
andKhulna division to the west. There is a strong network
of rivers and canals in the region. The land of the region is
very fertile. So it is called the “Sassya Vander” (store of
corns) of Bangladesh. The ancient name of the region was
“Chandradip” and the capital of the kingdom was Bakla
founded by Danuj Madhab or Danuj Mardhan Dev. In the
early seventeenth century Mughel rule the Bengal region
including formerly “Sarker Bakla” (current Barisal) and
established their capital in Dhaka.

3. • At this time, Barisal was more accessible to
businessmen and most develop than that of
previous age. Arakenese and Portuguese pirates’
attack was very common phenomenon at this
time in coastal area. After 1666 Mughal fleet root
out such kind of robberies and distributed the
lands of the region to Talukder to cultivation by
the condition of certain annual
revenue. Formerly Bakerganj disrict was
established in 1797 during the east India
company period. Later on it was renamed as
Barisal district. The district was upgraded into a
municipality in 1876. Barisal was declared a
division on 1 January, 1993.

4. • World famous Kuakata sea beach is located in the division
in Barguna district. There is no international airport in
Barisal division but a running local airport in Barisal city.
There are 06 districts in Barisal division. The total area of
the division is 13,225.20 Sq Km. Total population of the
division is 83,25,666 (male- 40,89,508 and female-
42,36,158) which is 5.20% of the total population of
Bangladesh. Average sex ratio of the division is 97:100
and annual growth rate is 0.18%. The average population
density in Barisal division is 630/Sq Km. Among the
population 948,844 live in urban area, 413,099 live in
other urban area and 69,63,723 people live in rural area.
The average literacy rate of the division is 56.80% (Male-
57.60% and female- 55.90%). Average school school
attendance rate is 57.00% for 5 to 24 years old

5. Districts

6. • Largest District : Bhola (3,403.48 Sq Km)
• Smallest District : Jhalokati (758.06 Sq Km)
• City Corporation : 01
• Municipality : 24
• Upazilla : 40
• Union : 349
Mauza : 2920
• Village : 4,097
• Parliament Seat : 23

7. Education
• Barisal division has one of the highest literacy rates of the country, just behind
Dhaka division. One of the country's oldest educational institutions, Brojomohun
College was established in 1889. The division contains Sher e Bangla Medical
College and one science and technological university.
• Universities
• Patuakhali Science and Technology University,
• University of Barisal
• Government collegesTotal thirteen government colleges:
Most notable:
• Brojomohun College
• Bhola Govt. College
• Government Syed Hatem Ali College
• Bhandaria Government College
• Barisal Government Women’s College
• Govt. Fazlul Haque College, Chakhar
• Govt. Fazilatunnessa Women’s College, Bhola
• Govt. Gouronodi College
• Govt. Barisal College

8. Private colleges
Total eighteen private colleges
Most noteable:
• Barisal Institute of Information Technology
• Infra Polytechnic Institute
• Dr. Arifur Rahman Commerce College
• Ideal Polytechnic Institute
• Shah Mahmudia College
• Amrita Lal Dey College
Medical college
• Sher-E-Bangla Medical college
• Patuakhali Medical College
Engineering Colleges
• Shahid Abdur Rab Serniabat Textile Engineering College,
Barisal

9. Government high schools
• There are nineteen government high schools.
Among them Barisal Zilla School, Bhola Govt.
High School and Pirojpur Govt. High School (are
A Grade School during the British Raj) and
Barisal Sadar Girls School are three most
famous schools of the Barisal Division.
Private high schools
• 852 Private high schools

10. Junior high schools
• 180 junior high schools
Private school
• Ideal Cadet School and College Udayan High School, Barisal.
Law colleges
• 3 law colleges
Cadet colleges
• 1 cadet college: Barisal Cadet College
Teachers' Training Colleges
• 4 teachers' training colleges
Madrasas
• 1616 madrasas: Sagordi Islamia Kamil Madrash under the Islamic
University Kustia, Jhalokati N S Kamil Madrasah
Primary schools
• Government: 2,583
• Non-government: 1,982

11. Noteable Residents
• A.K. Fazlul Huq, an eminent nationalist, politician
• Abdul Gaffar Choudhury, an author, columnist, lyricist.
• Altaf Mahmud noted Bengali film song composer.
• Major M. A. Jalil, the commander of the Sector 9 during Bangladesh War of
Liberation in 1971.
• Mohiuddin Jahangir (Bir Shreshto), a freedom fighter
• Abala Bose, social reformer and wife of Jagadish Chandra Bose
• Shaheed Abdur Rob Serniabat, Bengali Potitician
• Kusumkumari Das, poet and mother of Jibanananda Das
• Jibanananda Das, famous poet.
• Abu Zafar Obaidullah, poet
• Sufia Kamal, poet
• Mihir Sengupta, Writer
• Aswini Kumar Dutta, social reformer and philanthropist
• Aroj Ali Matubbar, noted astronomer and philosopher.
• Abdur Rahman Biswas, Former President of Bangladesh
• Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, physicist
• Anil Biswas (composer) noted Hindi and Bengali film song composer

12. • Kamini Roy, famous poet and first woman graduate with honours in the
subcontinent.
• Kadambini Ganguly, first female physician in the entire British empire
• Hanif Sanket, Famous TV presenter, entertainer, writer and producer.
• Mosharraf Karim, actor
• Mir Sabbir, actor
• Tania Ahmed, actress
• Golam Mustafa, film actor
• Suborna Mustafa, actress
• Mithun Chakraborty, film actor.
• Nasreen Jahan Ratna, Member of Parliament
• Pannalal Ghosh renowned musician and flutist
• Partha Dasgupta, eminent economist.
• Parul Ghosh, Hindi and Bengali film singer
• Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Minister of parliamentary affairs and information, India.
• Salman Khan, Founder of Khan Academy
• Sohag Gazi, cricketer
• Tapan Raychaudhuri, noted historian.
• Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah Founder Editor of The Daily Ittefaq.
• Utpal Dutt (1929 – 1993), an Indian actor, director and writer-playwright.
• Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Music composer & a famous singer of Nazrul geeti

13. Sher- E -Bangla A.K Fazlul Haq
• (26 October 1873—27
April 1962);

14. • Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq was
Bengali lawyer, legislator and statesman in the 20th
century. Huq was a major political figure in British
India and later in Pakistan (including East Pakistan,
which is now Bangladesh). He is notable for officially
introducing the Lahore Resolution in 1940. Huq was
first elected to the Bengal Legislative
Council from Dacca in 1913; and served on the council
for 21 years until 1934. He was a member of the Central
Legislative Assembly for 2 years, between 1934 and
1936. For 10 ten years between 1937 and 1947, he was
an elected member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly,
where he was Prime Minister and Leader of the House
for 6 years. He was later elected to the East Bengal
Legislative Assembly, where he was Chief Minister for 2
months; and to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan,
where he was Home Minister for 1 year, in the 1950s.
• The Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area of Dhaka, which houses
the National Parliament, is named after Huq. The Sher-
e-Bangla Cricket Stadium is also named after him.

15. Beautiful
Barisal

16. Kuakata Sea Beach

17. • Kuakata offers a full view of
the sunrise and sunset from
the same white sandy beach in
the water of the Bay of Bengal.
Locally known as Shagor
Kannya (Daughter of ocean),
the long strip of dark, marbled
sand stretches for about 18
kilometres (11 mi). The long
and wide beach at Kuakata has
a typical natural setting. This
sandy beach has gentle slopes
into the Bay of Bengal. Kuakata
is also a sanctuary for
migratory winter birds.

18. Durgasagor

21. Satla

23. Guava Garden

24. Floating Market

25. Sonarcor

26. Famous
Architectures

27. Aswini Kumar Town Hall

29. Gutia Mosque

30. Ramkrisna Mission

32. Brojomohon College

33. Barisal University

35. Nagar Vaban

36. Barisal Museum

37. Sher-E-Bangla Memorial Museum

38. Dobdobia Bridge

39. Patuakhali Port

40. Transport