Naogaon District Information

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Area

3435.67 square kilometers.

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.

Profile

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.

Naogaon District is located in . Districts in are and .

Upazilla/ Thana

Atrai Upazila, Badalgachhi Upazila, Dhamoirhat Upazila, Mahadevpur Upazila, Manda Upazila, Naogaon Sadar Upazila, Niamatpur Upazila, Patnitala Upazila, Porsha Upazila, Raninagar Upazila, Sapahar Upazila

Elected MP(s) in 2008 Election

Area#	Area Name	Elected MP	From
46	Naogaon-1	Shadhon Chandra Mojumdar	Bangladesh Awami League
47	Naogaon-2	Md. Shahiduzzaman Sarker	Bangladesh Awami League
48	Naogaon-3	Akram Hossain Chaudhuri	Bangladesh Awami League
49	Naogaon-4	Muha: Emaj Uddin Pk.	Independent Candidate
50	Naogaon-5	Md. Abdul Jalil	Bangladesh Awami League
51	Naogaon-6	Md. Ishrafil Alam	Bangladesh Awami League

Naogaon Map

History

Indigo rebellion (1859-62); peasant revolt against the zamindar in protest of increasing land revenue (1883).

Places to see

Paharpur Buddhist Vihara, Jagaddal Vihara, Halud Vihara, Agrapuri Vihara

Rivers

atrai, punarbhaba, little jamuna, nagar, Chiri and Tulsi Ganga.