Mohammedpur, Dolarbazar

Mohammadpur (Bengali: মুহাম্মদপুর) is a village in Dolarbazar Union of Chhatak Upazila at the North-Eastern part of Bangladesh. Mahammadpur is famous for the mazar (grave) of Rahimullah Shah, a Saint of Islam. Safath Shah, the father of Durbin Shah (poet and singer) also lived in this village. At the middle part of his life Safath Shah migrated from Mahammadpur to Durbin Tila in Chhatak.

Mohammedpur
মুহাম্মদপুর
Village
Mohammedpur is located in Bangladesh
Mohammedpur
Mohammedpur
Coordinates: 24.8518°N 91.6396°E / 24.8518; 91.6396
CountryBangladesh
DivisionSylhet Division
DistrictSunamganj
UpazilaChhatak
Population
 (2011)
 • Total660
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)

Location

Mohammadpur is situated in the south-eastern part of Chhatak Upazila, in Sunamganj District. It is 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) south of Dular Bazar and 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) west of Singerkach Bazar.

The Makunda River flows at the south-east side of Mahammadpur.

Nearby village
  • East: Buraiya
  • West: Chelar Char
  • North: Alampur
  • South: Jahedpur

Population

As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, it had a population of 660.[1]

Communication

Mohammadpur is located about 20.50 kilometres (12.74 mi) south of the upazila headquarters. People use Chhatak-Gobindagonj-Dolarbazar Road and Sylhet-Bishawnath-Singerkach Road for communication with Mahammadpur.

See also

References
  1. "Population & Housing Census-2011: Community Report: Sunamganj" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. p. 63.


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