Joypurhat

Joypurhat is a city in northwestern Bangladesh, near the border with India, and the headquarters of Joypurhat District. It is the site of Joypurhat Sugarmills Limited, described as one of the largest sugar mills in Bangladesh, and of the country's only mineral and metallurgical research center, the Institute of Mining, Mineralogy and Metallurgy of the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The economy of the city depends on agriculture, the poultry industry and small and medium industries, and the tourist spot of Paharpur Buddha Bihar lies only 13.2 km away. The 2022 census counted 84,910 residents with a literacy rate of 86.04 percent, up from 69,033 residents at the 2011 census.