Important Information Of Panchagarh District

Panchagarh is a district of Rangpur division and  northern part of Bangladesh.   It was elevated to a district in 1984. It has 5 Upazilas, one municipality, 9 wards.Tetulia is the last Upazila in north. It is 150 feet (46 m) high from the sea level. It has 16 rivers and it is named after these five garhs.

Important Information

Area	1,404.63 square kilometers (542.3 square mile)
Population	829,374
Currency	taka (BDT)
STD Code	0562
ISD Code	0088

Postal Code Numbers: 

• Boda – 5010
• Chotto Dab – 5040
• Dabiganj – 5020
• Mirjapur – 5041
• Panchagar Sadar- 5000
• Tetulia- 5030

Weather / Climate and Temperature

• Highest average temperature:   June 30,2°c Celsius
• Lowest average temperature:   January, 10.1°c Celsius.
• Average amount of rainfall is  2,931 mm.

Upazilas and Thana

• Atwari Upazila,
• Boda Upazila,
• Debiganj Upazila,
• Panchagarh Sadar Upazila,
• Tentulia Upazila

Panchagarh District Information

Panchagarh (Bengali: পঞ্চগড়, Ponchogorh, means five forts) is a district of Rangpur division in the extreme northern part of Bangladesh with an area of 1404.62 square km, is bounded on three sides by 288 km long Indian border, having Darjeeling district on the north, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar Districts on the northeast, West Dinajpur District and Purnea district on the west. Dinajpur and Thakurgaon Districts on the south, Nilphamari District on the east. Its soil is sandy, alluvial and bears close affinity with the soil of the old Himalayan basin.