Nilphamari
District Information
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Area
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1640.91
square kilometers.
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Bounded by
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Kuchbihar
district of west bengal (India) on the north, Rangpur district on
the south, Lalmonirhat district
on the east and Panchagarh and Dinajpur districts
on the west.
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Profile
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The
Nilphamari subdivision was established in 1875 and was turned into a district
in 1984. The district consists of 6 upazilas, 3 municipalities, 33 wards, 65
mahallas, 62 union parishads, 390 mouzas and 370 villages.
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Upazilla/
Thana
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Dimla
Upazila, Domar Upazila, Jaldhaka Upazila,
Kishoreganj Upazila, Nilphamari
Sadar Upazila, Saidpur Upazila
History
The tebhaga
movement spread over Domar and Dimla in the 1940s. In this movement the
activist Tannarayan was shoot dead by the zamindar. Once indigo was cultivated
extensively in this district. The Nilphamari region was under the Votmari
Chauki during the British period. Later on the Chauki was transferred first to
Shekherhat of Badarganj thana and then to Dokra of Domar thana.
Places to
see
Birat Dighi
(present name Nilsagar), Neel Kuthi (Nilphamari Sadar Upazila), Nat Settlement
(prison, 1871), Saidpur Church (1893), Dimla Rajbari, Garh (Fort) of Raja
Dharmapal and the remnants of his palace (eighteenth century, Jaldhaka),
remnants of the palace of Raja Harish Chandra (Ninth century, Jaldhaka
upazila), three domed Jami Mosque at Bherberi (eighteenth century, Kishoreganj
upazila).
Newspapers
Weekly
Nilphamari Barta, Nilsagar, Nilsamachar, Weekly Jaldhaka, Weekly Alpana
(Saidpur), Saidpur Barta, Janasamasha (Saidpur); extinct: Jagarani (1962),
Nilanchan (1972), Shalki (Domer) and Jaltaranga (Jaldhaka).
RiversTista, Jamuneshwari, Chikni and Dhaigan
Geography
Nilphamari
Sadar is located at 25.9417°N
88.8444°E . It has 58266 households and total area 373.09 km².
Demographics
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Nilphamari Sadar has
a population of 306051. Males constitute 51.23% of the population, and females
48.77%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 150237. Nilphamari Sadar has
an average literacy rate of 23.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4%
literate.[2]
Administration
Nilphamari
Sadar has 18 Unions/Wards, 115 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 108 villages.
Education
See also: Education in Bangladesh
According to
Banglapedia, Nilphamari Government High School,
founded in 1882, is a notable secondary school.[1
Places of
interest
Nilsagar Nilphamari :
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.[4]
The palace
of Raja Harish Chandra (ninth century)
Garh (Fort)
of Raja Dharmapal and his palace (eighteenth century)
Three domed
Jami Mosque at Bherberi (eighteenth century)
Tomb of
Hazrat Pir Mohiuddin (Kundupukur)
Dimla
Rajbari[5]
Saidpur
Church (1893)
Nat
Settlement (prison, 1871)
Leprosy
Hospital[3]
Chini Mosque
 
See also
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