Sutrapur Thana
Sutrapur (Bengali: সূত্রাপুর) is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Sutrapur
সূত্রাপুর | |
|---|---|
  Sutrapur Location in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 23°42′N 90°25.2′E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Dhaka District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.38 km2 (1.69 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 307,483 |
| • Density | 70,202/km2 (181,820/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Website | bangladesh |
Geography
Sutrapur is located at 23.7000°N 90.4208°E. It has 49,286 households and total area 4.38 km2.
Demographics
At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sutrapur had a population of 307,483, of whom 186,619 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 57.33% of the population, and females 42.67%. Sutrapur had an average literacy rate of 63.3% (7+ years), twice as high as the national average of 32.4%.[1]
Economy
Call Ready began in 1948 as Arju Light House, a small business that rented out lights and phonographs for events. They soon branched out into microphones and loudspeakers, supplying them for many historic political meetings and rallies. As of 2017, they still have a storefront in Lakshmibazar.[2]
Points of interest
- Bhajahari Lodge is an early 20th century building on the Department of Archaeology's list of protected monuments.[3][4]
Education
Sutrapur is home to some of the old and renowned schools, like Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, St Gregory's High School, Dhaka Collegiate School, Muslim Government High School, and Pogose School, Dhaka.
References
- "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- Chowdhury, Moinul Hoque (17 March 2017). "The Call Ready microphone that witnessed history". bdnews24.com.
- Rahman, Mahbubur (August 2009). "An Architect's Dhaka". Star Campus. The Daily Star. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- "List of Monuments". Department of Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2017.