Naogaon district (Rajshahi division) with an area of
3435.67 sq km, is bounded by West Bengal of India on the north, Natore and
Rajshahi districts on the south, Joypurhat and Bogra districts on the east,
Nawabganj district and West Bengal (India) on the west. Annual temperature:
maximum 37.8°C and minimum 11.2°C; annual rainfall 1862 mm. Main rivers are
Atrai, Punarbhaba, little jamuna, Nagar, Chiri and Tulsi Ganga. Guta, Mansur
and Dighali beels are notable.
The location of Naogaon town is 24.8135117N 88.9515382E. Naogaon (Town) a
municipal town, has an area of 37.03 sq km. It consists of 9 wards and 62
mahallas. The town has a population of 123101; male 51.78%, female 48.22%;
literacy rate among the town people is 48.5%. It has one dakbungalow and one rest
house.
Naogaon subdivision, under Rajshahi district, was established in 1877 and was
turned into a district in 1984. It consists of 2 municipality, 11 upazilas, 18
wards, 74 mahallas, 99 union parishads and 2795 villages. The upazilas are
naogaon sadar, atrai, badalgachhi, dhamoirhat, manda, mahadevpur, niamatpur,
patnitala, porsha, raninagar and sapahar.
Archaeological heritage: Paharpur Buddhist Vihara- Paharpur is a small village
5 km. west of Jamalganj in the greater Rajshahi district where the remains of
the most important and the largest known monastery south of the Himalayas have
been excavated. This 7th century archaeological find covers approximately an
area of 27 acres of land.
Kusumba Mosque- is named after the village of Kusumba, under the Manda upazila
of Naogaon district, on the west bank of the Atrai river. It was built during
the period of Afghan rule in Bengal under one of the last Suri rulers
Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, by one Sulaiman dating the building to 966 AH
(1558-59 AD). The tablet in Arabic is fixed over its eastern central entrance.
Historical events: Indigo rebellion (1859-62); peasant revolt against the
zamindar in protest of increasing land revenue (1883). Patisar- village
associated with the name of Poet Rabindranath Tagore is situated on the banks
of the Nagor river. It was the headquarters of the Tagore family's zamindari in
Kaligram Pargana purchased in 1830.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Population 2377314; male 50.66% and female
49.34%; Muslim 84.51%, Hindu 11.39%, ethnic nationals (mainly Santal, Oraon and
Mahali) 3.45% and others 0.65%.
Religious institutions: Mosque 3752, temple 206, church 21. Noted religious
institutions are Barunkandi Jami Mosque (1802), Naogaon Jami Mosque (1845),
Chakrampur Jami Mosque (1800), Sultanpur Jame Mosque (1802), Hat Naogaon Jame
Mosque (1935), Naogaon Temple (adjunct Kanchari Road).
Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 28.4%; male 35.9% and
female 20.4%. Educational institutions: college 47, high school 309, junior
school 49, government primary school 794, non-government primary school 559,
madrasa 167. Noted institutions: Naogaon High School (1884), Raja Haranath High
School (1990), Kaligram Rabindranath Institute (1910), Chak Athita High School,
English School (1914), Chakla High School (1916), Kritipur High School (1921),
Sharbamanal High School (1921), Coronation High School (1927), Paramohan Girl's
High School (1909), Central Girl's High School (1926), Naogaon Girl's High
School (1948), Basiruddin Memorial Co operative College (1946),
Cultural organisations Club 668, press club 1, public library 27, cinema hall
40, dakbungalow 20, circuit house 1.
Main occupations Agriculture 49.01%, fishing 1.25%, agricultural labourer
26.96%, wage labourer 2.3%, commerce 8.35%, service 3.46%, others 8.67%.
Land use Cultivable land 2777573 hectares, fallow land 68715 hectares; single
crop 25%, double crop 55% and treble crop land 20%. Land under irrigation 61%.
Land control Among the peasants 9.6% are rich, 11.1% medium, 62% small and
marginal.
Fisheries, poultries, dairies Fishery 9, dairy 65, poultry 119.
Commutation facilities Roads: pucca 374.77 km, semi pucca 59.12 km and mud road
3595.32 km; railway 15 km; waterways 36 nautical mile.
Manufactories Automatic rice and husking mill, ice factory, flour mill, oil
mill, sawmill, welding etc.
Cottage industries Goldsmith, blacksmith, potteries, blacksmith, bamboo, cane
and mat work, tailoring etc.
NGO activities Most active NGOs operating in the district are brac, ITCL, CARE,
grameen bank, thengamara mahila sabuj sangha.
Health centres District hospital 1, upazila heath complex 10, union heath
centre 35, family planning centre 42, christian missionary hospital 1.
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