Thakurgaon District is an administrative region of Rangpur Division in the northwestern part of Bangladesh. In this post, we discuss in detail the history of the naming of Thakurgaon district, administrative areas, economy, population, education, rivers, resilience, structures, and famous personalities.
History of Thakurgaon District In ancient times, a police station was established near Burdwan Municipality area during the British rule by a Thakur family of this township. According to the name of this family, the place is named Thakurgaon Thana. Because of the majority of Brahmins, this place is named Thakurgaon. It was declared as Mahakuma in 1860. Under this Mahakuma there were 6 police stations namely Thakurgaon Sadar Baliadangi Pirganj Ranishankoil Haripur Patuari 1947 Thakurgaon started a new journey as a sub-district of 10 police stations with 6 thanas and three police stations of Jalpaiguri district of India and one in Cooch Behar, but in 1981, when a separate sub-district called Panchagarh Boda Debiganj Tentulia-Panchgarh was created, Thakurgaon's geographical boundaries were reduced to five police stations. Thakurgaon Sadar, Pirganj, Baliadangi and Haripur Hazar were elevated to Thakurgaon district on 1st February 1984. The geographical boundaries of Thakurgaon district are Panchagarh district to the north of Thakurgaon district, South Dinajpur district of West Bengal, Dinajpur district of India to the east and West Bengal of India to the west. They are divided into Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila, Pirganj Upazila, Baliadangi Upazila, Ranidangi Upazila and Haripur Upazila. How many unions and 641 Thakurgaon districts are in Thakurgaon district. The main agricultural district, the main crops of this district are paddy, wheat, potato, maize and sugarcane. Thakurgaon is among the industrial establishments of Thakurgaon district. Kalpalta is also a basic industrial town in the district.
Rivers Rivers in Thakurgaon District There are many rivers in Thakurgaon district, some of the notable rivers are Tangon River, Chhota Nadi, Nadi River and Profit Marks Total literacy rate in Thakurgaon district is 52%. Thakurgaon district has a total of twenty-seven colleges, 241 secondary schools, 74 madrasas, a government polytechnic institute and a technical training center. Some notable educational institutions in Thakurgaon district include Thakurgaon Government College, Thakurgaon Government Women's College, Thakurgaon Government Boys High School and Thakurgaon Govt. BALIKA HIGH SCHOOL Thakurgaon District Attractions Thakurgaon district has many places to visit, some of the notable places are Jamalpur Jame Masjid, Haripur Rajbari, Bangla Gor, Tongknath Rajbari Rajbari, Shiva Mandir and Fort Among the famous people of Thakurgaon district is Raja Ganesha He is a Hindu ruler of Bangladesh. Surbala Sengupta is a revolutionary leader of the anti-British independence movement of the Indian subcontinent Pranthar Chowdhury is a zamindar of Pargana Narendrapur is a freedom fighter revolutionary of the anti-British independence movement of the Indian subcontinent Mokhlesur Rahman is a politician of Bangladesh Ramesh Chandra Sen is the former minister of water resources Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is the secretary general of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal Shishir Bhattacharya is a painter and Litu Anam is a popular stage television and film actor of Bangladesh and many other famous people live in this district.