NILPHAMARI
Nilphamari Jela also Nilphamari Zila) is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rangpur Division. It is 400 km from the
capital Dhaka in north and west side. It's of 1547 square km.
Nilphamari is bounded by Rangpur and Lalmonirhat in east, Rangpur and Dinajpur in south, Dinajpur and Panchagarh in west, Siliguri
of India
in north. Nilphamari district city stands on the
bank of the Tista river and Located at 25.950 N & 86.950 E.It is declared
as a district in 16th June 1984.
It consists of Six upazilas, four Pourashavas (Muncipiality) and 60 (Sixty)
Unions. The Nilphamari Municipality
was established in 1972. The district is adjacent to Indian Asam Border. It is
renowned for some of the tourist resorts like Nil-Sagor, Tista Baradge, Uttara
EPZ, and Abasar Rest house, Nilphamari is agriculture famous area moreover,
Nazir-Shail and Paizam rice production are remarkable than other districts of
Bangladesh. The intercommunication system of the district is enormously
developed in last three decades as a result most of the village are jeepable
except a few exceptions. There are some prominent rivers exists in this
district. These are Tista, Charalkata, Burikhora,, Nowtara & Ichahmoti.
History
Previously Nilphamari was under Rajshahi division. The Nilphamari subdivision was established in 1875,[3] Nilphamari was a subdivision of Rangpur District. It was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 3 municipalities, 33 wards, 65 mahallas, 62 union parishads, 390 mouzas and 370 villages. This district has 6 sub districts. They are-Nilphamari Sadar, Saidpur,Jaldhaka, Kishoreganj, Domar, Dimla .[4]Historical speciality
The historical Tebhaga movemnt spread over Domar and Dimla in the 1940s of this district. Once indigo was cultivated extensively in this district. Syedpur is best known for its railway workshop. In 1870, the Assam-Bengal railway set up its largest workshop in Syedpur and many Biharis or Urdu-speakers came to work there. During the British rule the telephone exchange for the whole Assam-Bengal District was also situated in Syedpur. Even it was the largest city of Bangladesh after Dhaka and Chittagong. Syedpur had the first airport in north Bengal. There was a cantonment in British period also.[5]Administration
Deputy Commissioner (DC) is the district chief administrator.The website of DC of Nilphamari http://www.dcnilphamari.gov.bd/. This website is full of information about the whole district. Another website is http://www.nilphamari.org enriched with images.
Subdistricts
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Upazila
(subdistrict)
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population[6]
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306051
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|
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246201
|
|
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233885
|
|
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199422
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|
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187696
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|
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175507
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Area:
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1641km2
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Upazila Road:
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638.82 km
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Union Road:
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756.57Km
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Village Road:
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951.22Km VA
904.83Km VB |
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Population:
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15,71,690 (2001)
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Density:
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994Km2
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Literacy:
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38.8
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No. of Upazila:
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6
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No. of Union:
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60
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No. of Pourashava:
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4
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No. of Primary School:
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936
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No. of High School:
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208
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No. of College:
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28
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Places of interest
1.Nilsagar:Nilsagar a famous historical dighi (big pond) which stands at Dhobadanga mauza of Gorgram union about 14 km southwest of Nilphamari district headquarters. During the reign of Raja Birat there were many cow farms at Gorgram. Raja Birat dug a large dighi named as Birat Dighi or Birna Dighi or Binna Dighi for the cows. After the independence of Bangladesh the dighi was renamed as Nilsagar. A Hindu mandir stands on the east bank and an abode of a Muslim darvesh on the west bank of the dighi. The area of the dighi is 21.449 ha and depth ranges from 7m to 12m. The entire dighi is surrounded by brick walls. The main decorated ghat of the dighi was made by Raja Birat. Every year the banks of the dighi are used as a village fair site especially during the occasion of Baruni Snan festival in full moon of the month of Baisakh. Usually in the fair the Harikirtan singers play music with many kinds of kirtan songs. Every year many tourists and various kinds of migratory birds come here. It is well known as a recreation zone and a picnic spot.[7]
2.Neel Kuthi (Nilphamari Sadar Upazila)
3.The palace of Raja Harish Chandra (Ninth century, Jaldhaka upazila)
4.Garh (Fort) of Raja Dharmapal and his palace (eighteenth century, Jaldhaka)
5.Three domed Jami Mosque at Bherberi (eighteenth century, Kishoreganj upazila)
6.Tomb of Hazrat Pir Mohiuddin (Kundupukur)
7.Dimla Rajbari[8]
8.Saidpur Airport
9.Railway Factory in Saidpur
10.Uttara EPZ (export processing zone)
11.Teesta Barrage
12.Saidpur Church (1893)
13.Nat Settlement (prison, 1871)
14.Leprosy Hospital[9]
[10]
15.Chini Mosque
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