Nilphamari
District Academics
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
History
Previously
Nilphamari was under Rajshahi division. The Nilphamari subdivision was
established in 1875,[2] Nilphamari
was a subdivision of Rangpur District. It was turned into a district in 1984.
The district consists of 3 municipalities, 33 wards, 65 mahallas, 62 union
parishads, 390 mouzas and 370 villages.
Historical
speciality
The
historical Tebhaga movement spread over Domar and Dimla
of this district in the 1940s. Once indigo was cultivated extensively in this
district. Syedpur is best known for its railway workshop. In 1870, the
Assam-Bengal railway set up its largest workshop in Syedpur and many Biharis or
Urdu-speakers came to work there. During the British rule the telephone
exchange for the whole Assam-Bengal District was also situated in Syedpur. Even
it was the largest city of Bangladesh after Dhaka and Chittagong. Syedpur had
the first airport in north Bengal. There was a cantonment in British period
also.[3]
Subdistricts
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Upazila
(subdistrict)
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population
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306051
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246201
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233885
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199422
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187696
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175507
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Education
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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