Gopalganj sadar is the main town of Gopalgonj District. 15 MPs are from
there. It has 15 banks, including 3 commercial banks .It may take 5
hours to reach by road from Rajdhani (depending on traffic). After the
Liberation War Gopalgonj Sadar become 'Pourashava'. As a close fellow of
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Panna Biswas of Gimadanga was
selected as first Chairman. Khan Saheb Sheikh Mosharrof Hossain, Molla
Jalaluddin Ahmed, Hemaet Uddin, Wahiduzzaman are well known figures
among the others born in Sadar upozila. Gopalgonj (town) consists of 21
wards and 72 mahallas. The area of the town is 46.88 km². The town has a
population of 85, 398; male 51.07%, female 46.93%. The density of
population is 6874 per km². The literacy rate among the town people is
75.1%.
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