Rajshahi Division | Division Map and Information of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Rajshahi Division is one of the seven administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of 18,154 sq km and a population at the 2011 Census of 1,84,85,000 (male-9,25,7000, Women-9,22,8000). It consists of 8 districts, 1 city corporation, 67 Upazilas, 59 municipalities and 564 Unions (According to Govt. Web Directory). This division is characterized by its cheap labour force. It has an excellent rail and road communication infrastructure. The divisional capital of Rajshahi is only six-seven hours road journey away from Dhaka, the capital city.

Until 2010 this Division comprised 16 districts, but early in that year it was divided into two, when a new Division (Rangpur Division) was formed out of the 8 northerly districts that until then had been part of Rajshahi Division. In the mid of 1960's all the districts of Khulna Division were under Rajshahi and after dividing of Khulna Division it was formed with 16 districts. Rajshahi was dominated by various Rajas, Maharajas and Zamindars.

 Eight Districts:

• Bogra
• Joypurhat
• Naogaon
• Natore
• Chapainawabganj
• Pabna
• Rajshahi
• Sirajganj
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It is in the mid western corner of Bangladesh. The famous river Padma borders it on the south and another famous river, Jamuna, lies across the eastern border. In the West, it shares a border with India. Border's districts are Rajshahi, Naogaon, Chapainawabganj and Joypurhat

Rajshahi has three large city which are Rajshahi, Pabna and Bogra. An airport was established in this division but no flight is allowed at current time.

Mango is the prime fruit of this division. Mangoes for these districts go everywhere across the nation. This division is also famous for it. Various types of mangoes are cultivated here some of them are langra, fazli, khirsa, him sagor etc.

The major educational institutes in of this division are University of Rajshahi (RU), Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Rajshahi Medical College (RMC), Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, Bogra, Rajshahi College, Azizul Haq College, Bogra, Nursing Institute, Bogra,  Edward College, Pabna (under National University), Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna Medical College, Pabna Textile Engineering College, Pabna Cadet College, Joypurhat Girls Cadet College.

Major rivers of this division Padma , Jamuna , Boral , Pagla , Mohananda , Korotoa , Ichamati , Bangali , Chamti , Atrai , Punorvoba etc.

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Divisions of Bangladesh with comrpising districts and population statistics

 

Bangladesh is a country of South Asia with 147570 sq km areas. It's one side is surrounded by Bay of Bengal. With the new division Rangpur Bangladesh is divided into seven divisions (Bibhag). Each division contains individual numeric code, letter code and ISO sequence code. The divisions are following...

The above statistics are accordingly Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics(BBS) Report 2011 and statoids.com. Bangladesh is also proposed of three more divisions and these are Chittagong Hill Tracks division, Comilla Division and Mymensing Division. Bangladesh is divided into 7 divisions which are sub-divided into 21 regions, then into 64 districts(Zilla), further 493 thana or upazillas and finally into unions and villages.

Bangladesh has a glorious history of Independence. In 1971, she gained independence from Pakistan. After liberation Bangladesh was divided into four divisions Chittagong, Dacca(now dhaka), Khulna and Rajshahi. The last recognized division is Rangpur and it has the biggest city corporation area among others. In Early January, 2010 Rangpur was divided from Rajshahi division with eight nearest districts including Rangpur. Wikipedia has helped us to get more information.

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