Panchagarh
District
Panchagarh (Bengali: পঞ্চগড়, Ponchogorh, means five forts) is a district
of Rangpur division in the extreme northern part
ofBangladesh with
an area of 1404.62 square km,[1] is
bounded on three sides by 288 km long Indian border,
having Darjeelingdistrict 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.
On the northern part of the district there exists underground layer of pebbles. It is 150
feet (46 m) high from the sea level. Panchagarh has 16 rivers. Among them
some main rivers are Karatoya, Atrai, Tista, Nagor, Mahananda, Tangon, Dahuk,
Pathraj, Bhulli, Talma, Chawai, Kurum, Versa, Tirnoi, and Chilka.
Administration
Administrator
of Zila Porishod: Abu Bakar Siddique[2]
Deputy
Commissioner (DC): Muhammad Salah Uddin[3]
Members of
tenth Jatiyo Sangsad
The members
of the tenth Jatiyo Sangsad, elected 2014 are:[4]
Panchagarh-1:
Nazmul Haque Prodhan [from Jasod]
Panchagarh-2:
Nurul Islam Shujon [from Awami
League]
Geography
Panchagarh
is the situated in the north side of Bangladesh. It is 150 feet (46 m)
high from the level.
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Description
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2011
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2001
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% of
National
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Area(km2)
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1,404.62
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1,404.63
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0.96
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Population
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10,26,141
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836,196
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0.71
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Description
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2011
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2001
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1991
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%
change
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Density
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703
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595
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507
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17.36
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Literacy
rate
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51.8
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40.82
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27.80
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46.83
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Total
Boundary: 302.68 km
Estublished:
01.02.1984
No. of City
Corporation:
No. of
Upzilla: 5
No. of
Union: 43
No. of
Village: 825
Men: 42%
Women: 24%
No. of
Rivers: 16
Main Rivers:
Korotoya, Dahuk,Chawai, Tirnoy.
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.
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.
Industry and
resources
Industry: Tea,
Sugar, Rice mill, ice factory, garments factory, oil mill, and Saw mill.
Banglabandha
land port is located in about 10 acres (40,000 m2) of acquired land
at the north-western tip of Bangladesh in Tetulia under Panchagarh district on
the Bangladesh-India highway.The port is situated 60 km from Panchagarh
Town. The place is of international character and used for Nepal transit
traffic passing through a small corridor of India. It is about 22 meter away
from the Bangladesh-Indian borderline.
The growing
tea sector in Panchagarh has ushered in a new hope for further enhancing
the standard of socio-economic life and women empowerment, they said. The
female workers are yet to get their just wages from the garden-owners as the
growing tea-farming sector in the region has been facing manifold problems
including present unfair prices of the tea leaves for the tea farmers.
Presently, over 7,000 skilled and unskilled workers, mostly women, have been
working in 246 tea gardens, including 18 big estates, 13 medium-size and 215
small-scale gardens set up on more than 1,815 acres (7.35 km2) of land in
Tetulia and its surrounding areas, they said. Of them nearly 2,300 workers,
mostly women, are working alone at the giant Kazi and Kazi Tea Estate (KKTE) at
Tetulia which has earned reputation in both national and international markets
by producing, processing and marketing the famous and most popular Kazi &
Kazi Organic Tea and earning foreign exchange.
Industry for
manufacturing SPC electric poles, established a plant (Gemcon Ltd.) over a land
of 35 Acres in Panchagarh District, here all the products in the plant are
manufactured by using indigenous raw materials. The factory has created direct
or indirect job opportunity for more than 1500 people and helping the nation in
poverty alleviation.
Gem Jute
Limited was established in Panchagarh in 2003, with the corporate vision is to
improve the livelihood of the local population by providing employment and
advancement opportunities, stimulate the local economy through direct and
indirect economic activities. Gem Jute promotes sustainable development and
support the environment by providing high-quality, organic, biodegradable
products to the world market.Over 5000 people are working at Gem Jute Limited.
Under
Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC), Panchagarh Sugar
Mills Ltd. is the oldest industry of the district. Panchagarh Sugar Mills
was set up by the Government in 1965-69 at a cost of Tk.55.55 million. It is
near the district headquarters of Panchagarh and is the northernmost sugar mill
in Bangladesh. Machinery and equipment of the sugar mill were supplied by M/S.
Stork Werkspoor of Holland. The sugar mill started its trial production in
1969-70. Since independence of Bangladesh (until 2005), the sugar mill has
produced 8,536 m. tons of Sugar per annum on average at an average sugar
recovery rate of 8.10% from sugarcane.
Administrative
Panchagarh
has five Upazilas:
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upazila
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population
(2011)[5]
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271707
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224709
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232124
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133650
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125454
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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
See also
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