Tetulia
Upazila
Tetulia also known as "The City of
Dream" or "স্বপ্নের শহর"
(Bengali: তেতুলিয়া)
is an Upazila of Panchagarh District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh
Tetulia
Tetulia has
great hospitality for tourists. It has a "Dak Banglo" situated on the
bank of river Mahananda facing Darjeeling, a charming ice city of India. Tea of
Tetulia has same quality like tea of Darjeeling. The "Kazi &
Kazi" tea garden, the "Tetulia Tea" garden, the Banglabandha
land port are the attractive places for the visitors.
Remnants of
a fort at a place named Buraburi between Bhajanpur and Tetulia. Also Bhadreswar
temple and Shiva-temple are the two tombstones of the Greek sculptural.It has
Bhadreswar Temple, Vitorgarh.
. Demographics
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Tetulia has a
population of 86760. Males constitute 51.52% of the population, and females
48.48%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 42021. Tetulia has an average
literacy rate of 25.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[2]
Administrative
Tetulia has
7 Unions, 36 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 242 villages. The post code of Tetulia is
5030.
Economy
The
cultivation of tea, orange and pineapple is abundant in Tetulia. It is located
on the Indian border with Darjeeling.
A group name Kazi & Kazi has already introduced tea planting.Now, Lot of
tea gardens are established on plain land.Stone business is also flourishing
here.
Tetulia
Tetulia Tea
Garden
Places of
Interests
Kazi &
Kazi Tea Estate,Rowshanpur
Banglabandha
Land port
Sharial Tea
Garden
Asian
Highway(The most beautiful highway in Bangladesh)
Transportation
Tetulia is
connected by road. Nearby Airport is "Saidpur
Airport", which is 130 km from the town. Only Hanif Enterprise
& keya Paribahan operate the bus service from Dhaka.
See also
References
Jump
up^ Shahidul Islam Shahid (2012). "Tentulia
Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal. Banglapedia:
National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
Jump
up^ "Population
Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on
2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
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