Dhanbari Upazila

Dhanbari (Bengali: ধনবাড়ী) is an upazila under Tangail District in the division of Dhaka. It was formed in 2006 by the efforts of Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan,Central BNP leader who contest in the constituency Tangail-1 (Madhupur -Dhanbari) .Former Madhupur Upazila was split into two Upazilas - (Madhupur and Dhanbari) to form this Upazila.

This article is about the Upazila. For the Union, see Dhanbari Union. For the Town, see Dhanbari.
Dhanbari
ধনবাড়ী
Upazila
Dhanbari is located in Bangladesh
Dhanbari
Dhanbari
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°37′N 90°1.5′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionDhaka Division
DistrictTangail District
Area
 • Total130.50 km2 (50.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total203,284
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitedhanbari.tangail.gov.bd


Notable people : Nawab Syed Ali Hasan Ali Choudhury, Dr. Sheikh Nizamul Islam, MP, Syeda Ashika Akbar, MP, Dr.Abdur Razzaq, MP.

Administration

Dhanbari Upazila is divided into Dhanbari Municipality and seven union parishads: Baniajan, Birtara, Bolibhadra, Dhopakhali, Jodunathpur, Musuddi, and Paiska. The union parishads are subdivided into 103 mauzas and 132 villages.[1]

Dhanbari Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 25 mahallas.[1]

Education
See also: Education in Bangladesh

There are seven colleges in the upazila: Asya Hasan Ali Mohila Degree College, Bhai Ghat Ideal College, Dhanbari College, Mushuddi Razia College, Norilla College, Panchpotol Degree College, and Ukhariabari College.[2]

According to Banglapedia, Govt. Dhanbari Nawab Institution, founded in 1910, Paiska High School (1960), and Pankata Islamia Secondary School (1943) are notable secondary schools.[3]

See also

References
  1. "District Statistics 2011: Tangail" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. "List of Colleges". Department of Secondary and Higher Education. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. Sajida Begum (2012), "Dhanbari Upazila", in Sirajul Islam; Ahmed A. Jamal (eds.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh


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