netrakona zila


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Geography

Netrakona District is situated in the northern part of Bangladesh. Near the Himalayan border. Historically Netrakona is the main center point of Mymensingh Githika as the view of Mahua Malua who lived there and created their performances. Netrokona Sadar Upazila has an area of 340.35 km² and it is surrounded by Durgapur and Kalmakanda upazilas on the north side, Kendua and Gauripur upazilas on the south side, Barhatta and Atpara upazilas on the east side, Purbadhala upazila on the west. There are four rivers in Netrokona. They are Kangsha, Dhala, Magra, and Teorkhali.
Netrakona Pouroshaba (Town of Netrakona) consists of 9 wards and 33 mahallas. It is a municipal town with an area of 13.63 km². Netrakona Pouroshaba was established in 1887 & Ist chairmen of Pourashaba Elahi Newas Khan(1876-1926).The town has a population of 53,853; male 51.22%, female 48.78%. The density of population is 3,951 per km². Literacy rate among the town people is 54.2%. Administration Netrakona Sadar thana was established in 1874 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of 13 union parishads, 306 mouzas and 344 villages.

Religion

Religion in Netrokona District
religion

percent

Islam
77.2%
Hinduism
18.3%
Buddhism
3.2%
Christianity
2.3%
Other
0.2%

Economy


The economy of Netrakona is largely agrarian. Susang Durgapur, an Upazila of Netrokona, is one the major sources of country's China-Clay used for ceramic products. Its vast water bodies (Hawor) provides wide varieties of fish.

Places of interest

  • Hazrat Shah Sultan Kamar Uddin Rumi's shrine is situated in Madanpur, a village 8 km from the district town.
  • Durgapur, near the Indo-Bangla border, is a good tourist spot. The Garo Pahar is situated there and people observe time-honored traditions. People living in Netrakona's mountains are the ancestors of the Upo Jatis. The only Up-Zati cultural academi in the country is there. Khaliyajuri is a place dominated by waterways; the small villages are organised into "islands" and radio communications are poor.

Famous people

There are so many famous people born in there. They are following :
  • Shahabuddin ahmed (Ex. President and Chief Justice of Bangladesh),
  • Moni singh (Political Leader),
  • Humayun Ahmed (Famous Writer and Film Director. Ex Prof.of DU),
  • Md.Jafar iqbal (Writer & Intellectual and Prof. of SUST),
  • Nirmulendha goon (Poet),
  • Md. Abdul Hannan Khan (Ex. D.I.G. of Bangladesh Police (Dhaka range),
  • Abdul Momnen (Political Leader),
  • Khaleqdad Chowdhury (Litterateur),
  • Professor Jatin Sarkar (Writer & Intellectual),
  • Shirajuddin Kasehimpuri ( Honourable member of Folklore society),
  • Prakriti Ronjon Chanda (Ex. D.I.G. of Bangladesh, author and Mymensingh Kriti Shontan)

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