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Mahammedpur — Village — 
MahammedpurCoordinates: 24°51′06″N 91°38′23″E / 24.85180°N 91.63962°ECoordinates: 24°51′06″N 91°38′23″E / 24.85180°N 91.63962°E Country Bangladesh Division Sylhet Division District Sunamganj Upazila Chhatak Population - Total 1,500 Time zone BST (UTC+6) Mahammedpur is a village in Chhatak Upazila at the North-Eastern part of Bangladesh. Locally it is also known as Mamonpur. Mahammedpur is famous for the Mazar (Graveyard) of Hazrat Rahimullah Shah, a Saint of Islam. Hazrath Safath Shah, the father of Durbin Shah (Poet and Singer) also lived in this village. At the middle part of his life Safath Shah migrated from Mahammedpur to Durbin Tila in Chhatak.
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Location
Mahammedpur is situated in the South-Eastern part of Chhatak upazilla, in the Sunamgonj district. It is 4.5 km. to the South of Dular Bazar and 3.5 Km. to the West of Singerkach Bazar. The Makunda River flows at the South-East side of Mahammedpur.
Nearby Village
- East: Buraia
- West: Chelar Chor
- North: Alompur
- South: Jahedpur
Population
About 1500 peoples live in Mahammedpur. 90% of the people depend on agriculture, 2% are Government employees and businessman. The rest people are abroad in the United Kingdom and in the Middle East.
Education
Mahammedpur Govt. Primary School is a famous School for its performance. It started its full activity on 1973. A Private School for infant namely Green Bird Kindergarten School established on 2010. The children of this village achieve their Arabic and Religious education in Mahammedpur Jame- Masque.
Communication
Mahammedpur is located about 20.50 Km to the South of Upazilla headquarter. People use Chhatak-Gobindagonj-Dularbazar Road and Sylhet-Bishawnath-Singerkach Road for communication with Mahammedpur.
See also
References
Categories:- Sunamganj District
- Populated places in the Sylhet Division
- Bangladesh geography stubs
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