Nilphamari (Bengali: নীলফামারী জেলা, Nilphamari Jela also Nilphamari Zila) is a district in Northern Bangladesh.
It is a part of theRangpur Division. It is 400 km from the
capital Dhaka in
north and west side. It has an area of 547 square kilometres
(211 sq mi). Nilphamari is recently marked as education district as
it has highest education level in Bangladesh. Nilphamari is bounded byRangpur and Lalmonirhat in east, Rangpur and Dinajpur in south, Dinajpur and Panchagarh in west, Siliguri of India in north
