Netrokona District

The headquarters of Netrokona District was located at the bend of the Mogra River and was called Nadirkona. Many people believe that over a period of time Nadirkona became Netrakona.[1]

In 1880, the British Raj approved the area as a mahakuma administrative region.[2] It was effective on 3 January 1882 when the region was officially named as Netrakona Mahakuma. Government of Bangladesh converted it to Netrakona District on 17 January 1984.[1]

Netrakona is situated in the northern part of Bangladesh, near the Meghalayan border. There are five main rivers in Netrakona: Kangsha, Someshawri, Dhala, Magra, and Teorkhali. It is a part of the Surma-Meghna River System.[3]

The total area of Netrakona District is 2,794.28 km² (1,078.88 sq mi) of which 9.17 km² (3.54 sq mi) is under forest. It lies between 24°34’ and 25°12’ north latitudes and between 90°00’ and 91°07’ east longitudes.[1]

Netrakona District is bounded by the Garo Hills in Meghalaya, India on the north, Sunamganj District on the east, Kishoreganj District on the south and Mymensingh District on the west.[1]

Netrakona Pouroshabha (Town of Netrakona) is a municipal town, established in 1887 and with an area of 13.63 km².

According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Netrakona District had a population of 2,229,642. Males constituted 49.84% of the population and females 50.16%. Muslims formed 89.78% of the population, Hindus 9.30%, Christians 0.82% and others 0.10%. Netrakona District had a literacy rate of 39.44% for the population 7 years and above.[5]

The major indigenous communities in this district are: Garo, Hajong, Hodi and Bana.[6]

The economy of Netrakona is largely agrarian. Susang Durgapur, an Upazila of Netrakona, is one of the major sources of country's China-Clay used for ceramic products. Its vast water bodies (Hawor) provides wide varieties of fishes. Bara Bazar and Choto Bazar is commerce centre of Netrakona.

• Durgapur : There are a lot of Garo hills at Bijoypur in Durgapur. There is a hill of white clay.
• Birishiri : There is a Tribal Cultural Academy. And also have a historical big pond called Sagor Dighi.
• Hawor : Hawor is a large area of water spaces. Biggest hawor is located in Mohongonj and Khaliajuri . Dingaputa is one of the biggest hawor among them.
• Madanpur Mazar (Shah Sultan Rumi): It is situated 8 km south to the Netrokona Town.
• Ranikong Mission

Birishiri Tourist Spot: Natural Lake

The district of Netrakona consists 3146 mosques, 958 temples, 83 churches and eight Buddhist temples.1guruduara

• Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi - Former Member of Parliament
• Humayun Ahmed - Author, dramatist and film director.
• Bari Siddiqui - He was a Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, flutist and folk musician.
• Dr. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal - is a Bangladeshi author, physicist, professor and activist. He is a professor of computer science and engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
• Nirmalendu Goon - Writer, poet, painter.
• Mustafa Jabbar - President of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), President of Bangladesh Computer Samity
• Helal Hafiz - Writer and poet.
• Ahsan Habib- Writer, Cartoonist
• Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed – politician

• Districts of Bangladesh
• Dhaka Division
• History of Mymensingh
• Balish

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