Gazipur District (Bengali: গাজীপুর জেলা), a district of Dhaka Division in Bangladesh. It has an area of 1741.53 km². Gazipur (town) has 9 Wards and 31 Mahallas. The area of the town is 49.32 km². The town's population is 123,531; male 52.52%, female 47.48%; density is 2,505 per km². Establishments such as the Islamic University of Technology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute(BARI), Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, and others are located here.