Islampur Upazila

Islampur (Bengali: ইসলামপুর) is the most sparsely populated upazila of the Jamalpur District, located in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh.

The dargahs of Shah Kamal in Durmut and Ita Pir are still preserved to this day.

In 1831, the Nurul Huda Alim Madrasa was founded in Dengargarh, Islampur which was a leading institution facilitating the education of Islampuris.

On 27 April 1971, the Pakistan Army entered Islampur and killed 30 freedom fighters.

[5] On 3 November 1983, the status of Islampur Thana was upgraded to upazila (sub-district) as part of the President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralisation programme.

The reputation of Islampur's copper and wrought metal industry was spread across the country and abroad.

The workers here were skilled in the preparation of various shapes and natures of bronze plates, bowls, glasses, cups, drinking bowls, surmadanis, atardanis, lamps, censers, khat-palanka khuras, pitchers, jugs, bronze bells, knife-sword butts, etc.

Apart from this, Islampur's big eggplant and sugarcane molasses are famous all over the country.

Islampur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 30.06%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1010 females per 1000 males.

[9][10] According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Islampur Upazila had 74,963 households and a population of 298,429, 12.9% of whom lived in urban areas.

Jamuna River Bank (Guthail Bazar) 2.kasharipara (Dariabad,Islampur) 3.