Panchagarh Sadar Upazila Bangladesh

Panchagarh Sadar Upazila Bangladesh

Panchagarh Sadar (Bengali: পঞ্চগড় সদর) is an Upazila of Panchagarh District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh

Panchagarh Sadar Upazila (panchagarh district) area 347.08 sq km, located in between 26°17' and 26°29' north latitudes and in between 88°31' and 88°46' east longitudes. It is bounded by west bengal state of India on the north and east, boda and debiganj upazilas on the south, atwari andtentulia upazilas and West Bengal state of India on the west. The upazila has two enclaves; the Indian enclaves in the upazila are Garati and Singimari.

Population Total 229237; male 118226, female 111011; Muslim 214442, Hindu 14553, Buddhist 185, Christian 17 and others 40.

Water bodies Main rivers: karatoya, Talma, Chawai.

Administration Panchagarh thana was established under Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal during the British rule. It was under the Thakurgaon sub-division of dinajpur district at the time of the partition of 1947 and had been a thana under Panchagarh sub-division since 1980. Panchagarh Thana was formed in 1909 and it wa s turned into an upazila in 1984.

Geography

Panchagarh Sadar is located at 26.3347°N 88.5583°E . It has 37232 households and total area 347.08 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Panchagarh Sadar has a population of 193198. Males constitute 51.3% of the population, and females 48.7%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 92460. Panchagarh Sadar has an average literacy rate of 34.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[2]

Administrative

Panchagarh Sadar has 13 Unions/Wards, 108 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 183 villages.

See also

Upazilas of Bangladesh

Districts of Bangladesh

Divisions of Bangladesh

Tourist Spots And Places Of Interest

Atwari

As tourist spot, Atwari has the three domed mosque at Mirzapur, Chhaprajhar (Pahar bhanga) and Sardarpara, which bears the relics of Mughal architecture; remains of the ruined the "Zamindar Bari" of Aloakhoa. The Bara Awliyar Majar is another notable place in the upazila.

Atwari has the marks of War of Liberation of 1971. These are 2 mass graves, 1 twin grave and 1 martyr memorial monument.

• Mirzapur Jamei Mosque
• Chaprajhar Mosque
• Solthori Mosque
• Shordarpara Mosque

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.

Panchagarh Sadar

Mirzapur in Panchagarh

Maharaja Dighi (Pond) at Bhitargarh is well known tourist attraction of the sadar upazila. Bhitrar Shalmara is a notable beel (Lake). Shal forest of Bhitargarh and the government forest on the banks of the Chawai and Karatoya are notable.

During the War of Liberation in 1971 the guerrilla fighters demolished the bridge on the Chawai near the Amarkhana camp thereby obstructing the advance of the Pak-army towards the north. At the initial stage of the war Maqbul Darji & the Badi Howladar (EPR) were killed in an encounter with the Pak army which however lost eighteen of its soldiers.

The Shaheed Farooque Ahmad memorial monument at Dhakka-mara in Panchagarh town is the marks of war of liberation. Also the grave of the martyr freedom fighter Sakimuddin at Jagdal-hat in front of the Baital Aman mosque is another Mark of the war.

Pond of beside the 12 Auliar mazar in Panchagarh

Boda

The Vadeswari mosque, Vadeswari temple and Govinda temple are the tourist attractions in Boda.

Debiganj

In Debiganj, the Revenue office building and old residential house of the raja of Kuch-Bihar is famous; Also Jagabandhu Thakur-bari is another place of interest for the tourists. The town has one Dakbungalow (Rest house). thumbnail

Notable Persons

• Muhammad Jamiruddin Sarkar Former speaker, Jatiyo sangshad
• Mirza Ghulam Hafiz Former Minister of Law and Justice, Jatiyo sangshad