Upazila Panchagarh District

Panchagarh District
(পঞ্চগড় জেলা)

Panchagarh is a district of Bangladesh. Panchagarh is a part of the Rangpur Division. Panchagarh district is bounded by Nilphamari, Dinajpur and Thakurgaon district. Panchagarh district consists of 5 Upazilas (Panchagarh Sadar Upazila, Atwari Upazila, Boda Upazila, Debiganj Upazila, Tetulia Upazila), 2 Municipalities (Pourashava), 43 Union Parishad and 825 Village.

List of upazilas in Panchagarh district
(পঞ্চগড় জেলার উপজেলা সমূহঃ)

Panchagarh Sadar Upazila (পঞ্চগড় সদর উপজেলা)

Atwari Upazila (আটোয়ারী উপজেলা)

Boda Upazila (বোদা উপজেলা)

Debiganj Upazila (দেবীগঞ্জ উপজেলা)

Tetulia Upazila (তেঁতুলিয়া উপজেলা)

Some useful information of Panchagarh District:
District: Panchagarh
Panchagarh district Established in: 1984
Division: Rangpur division
Area : 1404.63 Sq. Km.
Total Cultivable Land : 1,08,200 Hectors
Population(2011) : 10,26m141 (Approximately)
Density: 703 per Sq. Km.
Number of voters: 5,44,746
Number of Village: 825
Number of Union Parishad: 43 (Union Parishad details of Panchagarh district: )
Literacy rate: 51.08%
University:
Textile Institute:
Police Training Center:
Medical College:
Medical Assistant Training School:
College: 22
Govt. College: Moqbular Rahman Govt. College, Panchagarh; Panchagarh Govt. Mohila College
Non-government college: Boda Women's College; Mirza Gholam Hafiz Degree College, Debiganj Mohila College, Barrister Jamir Uddin Sarkar Institute (Degree); Jagdal College; Debiganj Degree College; Shahid Ziaur Rahman Mohabiddayalaya; Sakowa College; Alhaj Tomizuddin College; Tetulia College, Panchagarh

Textile Engineering College:
Homoeopathic College:
Technical School and College:
High School:
Govt. High School: 4
Non-govt. High School: 229
Junior High School:
Primary Schools: 1865
Government Primary Schools: 310
Registered Primary Schools: 283
Madrasha: 58
Polytechnic Institute:
Vocational Institute:
PTI:
Bank :
Municipality(Pourashava) in Panchagarh District: 2 : Panchagarh Pourashava (Panchagarh Municipality).
Web Portal: Panchagarh District
Sadar Hospital: 1
Govt. Hospital:
Non-govt. Hospital:
Eye Hospital:
Upazila Health Complex: 5
Leprosy Hospital: 1, Family Planning Center: 37
TB Clinic:
Police Hospital: 

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

Transportation and Communication

The only communication from the capital is road . If you come from Dhaka to  Dinajpur by train, then come to Dinajpur bus terminal by Rickshaw from there you can get direct gate lock bus for Panchagarh. Nearest airport is in Syedpur then by bus to Panchagarh. There are some good coach services from Dhaka. Shamoli Poribhan  is one of them.

• Air Distance 346.71 km and 215.43 miles from Dhaka
• Road Distance 437.87 km and 272.08 miles from Dhaka
• Place to Visit

•    Banglabanda (Zero Point)

• Bhitaragara Maharaja lake Dighi (pond) at Bhitargarh,
• Bhitar Garh,
• Badeshari Temple
• Boda temple
• Box Museum (Government Women’s College)
• Cheparajhara Paharabhanga Mosque (400 years old),
• Debiganj Korthoa Bridge
• Hosain Garh,
• Kajala dighi,
• Maidan Dighi,
• Mughali killah (fort) at Chandan-bari,
• Mirzapur Shahi Mosque (400 years old)
• Panchagarh Sugar Mills Ltd
• Tomb of Arif Shah,
• Vadeswari Temple
• Baro Awliya Mazar

• Related Travel Links

  • Bangladesh Government Web Protal
  • Panchaghar.info
  • Wiki Panchagarh
  • Wikipedia Bangladesh
  • Bangla Pedia
  • Police Station
  • Embassies
  • Airline in Dhaka
  • Currency converter

Hotel and Accommodation

                                                                                   Tentulia Duck Banglo

Hotels are available in Panchagarh Bazar area and Dhakkamara.

1. Mouchak Residential Hotel
2. Hilton Boarding
3. Central Guest House – Cinema Road
4. Islam Residential Hotel
5. Hotel Rajnagar Residential
6. Hotel Pritam Residential
7. Hotel Ovinandan – Near BDR Camp, Dhakkamara
8.   Hotel Asfi- Near Truck Terminal, Dhakkamara
9. Roksana Boarding – Near Truck Terminal, Dhakkamara
10. Nirab Boarding-    Near Truck Terminal, Dhakkamara
11. Hotel Alamin – Near Truck Terminal, Dhakkamara
12. Alam Residential Boarding –  Fakirgonj Bazar, Atowari
13. Moon Star Hotel –  Boda Bazar

Nearest Tourist Destination

1. Thakurgaon
2. Pirganj
3. Dinajpur

• Market and Shopping Place
• 1. Panchagarh Bazaar

Notable Person Of Hafiz, Mirza Golam

Hafiz, Mirza Golam (1920-2000) lawyer, politician. He was born on 2 January 1920 at village Mirzapur in Panchagarh district. His father was Mirza Azimuddin Sarkar. Mirza Golam Hafiz obtained MA degree in Economics in 1941 from Calcutta University and B.L degree in 1948 from Dhaka University. Mirza Golam Hafiz was involved in politics since his student life. He was the president of Jalpaiguri district unit of All India Muslim Students Federation in 1938. Later he was elected as member of central committee and vice president of Bengal provincial unit of the Federation. In 1945-47 he performed the responsibility of the deputy chief (Nayeb-e-Suba) of the National Guard. During the partition of India in 1947 he led the movement launched for inclusion of the thanas of Panchagar, Tetulia, Deviganj and Patgram into East Bengal. Later the Radcliff Commission included these thanas into Pakistan. An exponent of citizens rights, Mirza Golam Hafiz was the general secretary of Pakistan branch of International Civil Liberties League in 1948-58. He was the treasurer of Ganatantri Dal in 1951-58. Golam Hafiz was a member of the Sarbadaliya Rashtra Bhasha Songram Parishad. For his active participation in the language movement he had to suffer imprisonment in 1952. Hafiz was elected a member of the Dhaka University Senate in 1953.

Mirza Golam Hafiz was elected a member of the East Bengal Provincial Assembly in 1954 as a candidate of united front. In 1954 he had to suffer imprisonment for his participation in the movement against the proclamation of Section 92-A by the government. He was elected president of Pakistan-China Maitry Samity in 1956. In 1967 he was elected as vice president of East Pakistan Bar Council and of All Pakistan Bar Council. Golam Hafiz rendered legal assistance to the accused in agartala conspiracy case in 1968.

Mirza Golam Hafiz was appointed as Minister for Land Administration in the cabinet of ziaur rahman in 1978. In 1979 he was elected a member of the Jatiya Sangsad as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He performed the responsibilities of the Speaker in this Sangsad. He was again elected a member of the Jatiya Sangsad in 1991 and was included in the cabinet of begum khaleda zia in charge of the Ministry of Law and Justice.

Mirza Golam Hafiz made important contribution towards the development of education and in social services. He established Mirza Golam Hafiz College in Atwari upazila. Dr. Abeda Hafiz Girls' School in Panchagarh town, Mirzapur Shishu Sadan and Maulana Azimuddin Madrasa, Mirza Golam Hafiz High School and Degree Madrasa at Tetulia. He died in Dhaka on 20 December 2000. [Abu Md. Delwar Hossain

Overall News Of Panchagarh District

History

The existence of five garhs (fortifications) has hitherto been traced, of which the most noted are Bhitargarh, Hosaingarh, Mirgarh, Rajangarh and Devengarh. Panchagarh is named after these five garhs. Here Panch stands for five. (need to be edited)

Culture

In pohela boishakh, the first day of Bengali year, boys-girls and all section of people play with color water (similar to Holy in India) in every road.

Transport

Bi-cycle, rickshaw, motor cycle are the main modes of transport for the local people. Regular buses connects the district to their neighbor districts and subdivisions. The road distance from Dhaka (Capital city of Bangladesh) to Panchagarh is 475 km. Road transportation between Dhaka & Panchagarh is a private sector affair operating predominantly in domestic routes.

Education

B.P (Bishnu Prasad) Govt. High school which is located near the Panchagarh Town,is the biggest and most famous boys' school of Panchagarh and the S.S.C examination (public exam) result of the school is very good. In 2009, 85 students of this school got GPA 5 in the SSC examination. Panchagarh Govt. Girls' High School, which is situated at the heart of the Panchagarh Town, is the most famous girls' school of the district. In 2008 SSC examination, 32 students of this school got GPA 5 in the SSC examination. M.R (Moqbular Rahman) Govt. College is the biggest and most famous college of Panchagarh while Panchagarh Govt. Women's college is the most famous women's college of the district. It has another 2 Govt High School in Debiganj Upazilla. a) N.N (Nripandra Narayan) Govt. High School b) Debiganj Alodini Govt. Girls' High School which are famous for good academic results.

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.

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

Geography Of Panchagarh District

Panchagarh is the situated in the north side of Bangladesh. It is 150 feet (46 m) high from the level.

1. Total Boundary: 302.68 km
2. Estublished: 01.02.1984
3. No. of City Corporation: 2
4. No. of Upzilla: 5
5. No. of Union: 43
6. No. of Village: 825
7. No. of Mouza: 463
8. Rate of education:
   • Men: 42%
   • Women: 24%
9. No. of Rivers: 16
10. Main Rivers: Korotoya, Dahuk,Chawai, Tirnoy.
11. Rivers: Panchagarh has 23 rivers. Among them some main rivers are Karatoya, Atrai, Tista, Nagor, Mahananda, Tangon, Dahuk, Pathraj, Bhulli, Talma, Chawai, Kurum, Versa, Tirnoi, and Chilka.

Panchagarh Sadar Upazila