Rajshahi District

Infobox of BD districts
native_name = Rajshahi
skyline = Ruins at puthia.jpg
skyline_size =
skyline_caption = Ruins at Puthia, Rajshahi
locator_position = right
latd = 24.40
longd = 88.50
division_name = Rajshahi Division
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 2,262,483
population_density = 939.96
literacy_rate = 30.61%
area_total = 2,407.01
website = banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/R_0079.htm
website_caption = Banglapedia Article

Rajshahi District ( _bn. রাজশাহী জেলা) is a district in north-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division. The metropolitan city of Rajshahi is in Rajshahi District.

Geography

Rajshahi district is bounded by Naogaon District on the north, Natore District on the east, Chapai Nababganj District on the south and the river Padma to the south.

Rivers

There are ten rivers in this district, totaling 146 km in length.the main river is Padma River (Ganges). Some others are Mahananda, Baral and Barnai river.

ubdivisions

Sub-district or upazillas of Rajshahi
*Bagha
*Bagmara
*Charghat
*Durgapur
*Godagari
*Mohanpur
*Paba
*Puthia
*Tanore

Communications

Rajshai district has well organized internal communication as well as connection to other parts of the country. There are 96 metalled roads with a total length of about 1270 km, 108 semi-metalled roads of about 546 km length, and six railways of about 63 km total length.

Economy

Rajshahi has been regarded as the bread-basket of Bangladesh. Recent agricultural modernizations with the much-lauded Barendra project has increased crop-diversification, allowed farmers to access better analysis of their farmland's chemical composition, and generally allowed farmers to grow as many as three crops every year instead of the usual one crop. Moreover, agro-processing is also thought to have an extremely bright future in this region of the country; industry experts predict that gas connection with the rest of the country will allow Rajshahi to fulfill its true potential and generally emerge as one of the most economically vibrant parts of Bangladesh.

Places of interest

*Tomb of Hazrat Shah Makhdum
*Kismat Madia Mosque
*Jami Mosque
*Bagha Mosque
*Bagdhani Mosque
*Tomb of Hazrat Shah Sultan
*Bara Kuthi
*Talando Shiva Mandir

Area

* Total Land Area.......: 599405
* Cultivable Area.......: 376814
* Fallow Land...........: 11626
* Area Under Forest.....: 372
* Area Irrigated........: 219980
* Area Under River......: 24540

ocial Information

Clubs..................: 387 Community Centre.......: 178 Co-operative Society...: 2040 Professional Society...: 80 Post Office............: 121 Bank Branches..........: 138 NGOs...................: 362 Mosques................: 3718 Mandirs................: 231 Churches...............: 36 Pagodas................: 2 Marriage Register......: 33 Livestock Firms........: 312 Poultry Firms..........: 142 Hatchury...............: 16 Handloom...............: 691 Bamboo & Cane..........: 343 Carpentry..............: 712 Jute/Cotton Fibre......: 144 Black Smith............: 368 Potter.................: 351 Gold Smith.............: 275 Others.................: 1375

Educational Institution

Type | Total No.| No. of Teachers | No. of Students Kindergerten.........: 41 264 4095 Primary School.......: 911 3789 380891 Junior High School...: 30 175 6214 Secondary High School: 215 2367 169765 College..............: 63 1505 37652 University...........: 2 767 14422 Teachers training....: 1 17 330 Physical Training....: 1 11 225 Homeo Medical College: 1 17 729 Polytechnical Inst...: 1 25 557 Vocational Institute.: 2 52 537 Blind/Disable School.: 1 7 56 Mass Education Centre: 36 82 1402 Ibtedaye Madrasa.....: 197 646 1818442 Dakhil Madrasa.......: 42 652 15273 Alia Madrasa.........: 14 198 4456 Fazil Madrasa........: 57 204 4718 Kamil Madrasa........: 8 51 911 Forquania Madrasa....: 139 359 9636 Hafizia Madrasa......: 29 44 1017 Qaumi Madrasa........: 3 11 107 Tol College..........: 3 90 2054 Pali College.........: - - - Girls School/College.: 36 563 20651

Health

Items | Doctors | Nurse/HA | No. of Beds Hospitals.............: 393 294 1123 Clinics...............: 73 158 200 FWC...................: 35 22 13 Maternity Centre......: 34 22 13 Primary Healthcare....: 3 11 10

ee also

* Districts of Bangladesh

External links

* [http://www.bbsgov.org/ Govt. website data on Rajshahi District]

References

Divisions and districts of Bangladesh