Baksiganj Upazila

Bakshiganj (Bengali: বকশীগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Jamalpur District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

[3] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Mukti Bahini attacked the Pakistan Army camp at Kamalpur several times.

[3] Colonel Abu Taher lost his left leg on 14 November 1971, in one of those attacks.

Bakshiganj has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 33.1%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1033 females per 1000 males.

[7][8] Baksiganj Upazila is divided into seven union parishads: Bagarchar, Bakshiganj, Battajore, Danua, Merurchar, Nilakhia, and Shadhurpara.