Pirojpur District

Pirojpur পিরোজপুর
District
Pirojpur District
Location of Pirojpur in Bangladesh
Expandable map of Pirojpur District
Coordinates: 22.58°N 89.97°E / 22.58; 89.97
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Barisal Division
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	Abu Ali Md. Shazzad Hossain
Area
• Total	1,277.80 km2 (493.36 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	1,131,758
• Density	890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Pirojpuri, Firozpuri
Time zone	UTC+06:00 (BST)
Postal code	8500
HDI (2018)	0.672 medium · 2nd of 21

Pirojpur (Bengali: পিরোজপুর) is a district in South-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Barisal Division. Most of the land is low lying and the soil is fertile. There are small forests. The Pirojpur municipality was established in 1985. Nesarabad is famous for business centres and also for the Sundori tree (a kind of mangrove tree) that grows there.

Subdivisions

Pirojpur district is divided into units, also known as Thanas: Pirojpur Sadar, Nesarabad, Mothbaria, Bhandaria, Zianagar, Nazirpur, Kawkhali. The subdivision of Pirojpur was created in 1866.