RAJSHAHI DISTRICT

'Rajshahi' is a district in north-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division. The metropolitan city of Rajshahi is in Rajshahi District.

Contents
Geography
Rivers
Subdivisions
Communications
History
Economy
Places of interest
Fact file
See also
References

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.

Subdivisions


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.

History


Rajshahi is a historical district. See Rajshahi for more details.

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

Fact file


See also



Districts of Bangladesh

References






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