Darsana ( bn, দর্শনা) is a small industrial township and municipality in the southwestern region of Khulna Division, Bangladesh.

Location

It is in the Chuadanga District and shares domestic borders with the Howli Union in the northwest, Begampur Union in the east and Kuralgachhi Union in the west. On its southwest lies the Nadia District (in the state of West Bengal, India). It has an area of only but a population is of 33,396.

Description

Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd. is the only licensed distillery producing alcohol made from sugar molasses in Bangladesh and is located at Darshana, Chuadanga, Khulna Division, Bangladesh. It is the only distillery in Bangladesh owned by the Govern ...

is the biggest sugar mill in Bangladesh. It was established in the British period. Darshana has a

land port A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders ofte ...

with India and is the first entrance point for trains to Calcutta, India. The Darshana to Jagotee, Kushtia rail line is the first rail road in East Bengal. Darsana station was opened when the Eastern Bengal Railway opened the line from Calcutta to

Goalundo Ghat Goalundo Ghat (also spelled Goalanda and Goalondo; bn, গোয়ালন্দঘাট) is a small town and pourasabha in Goalandaghat Upazila, Rajbari District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh, South Asia. There are two railway stops one a ...

, in 1871.

Institutions

There are 10 primary schools, 4 secondary schools, and 1 college in the municipality.

References

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