Kanakpur Union ( bn, কনকপুর ইউনিয়ন) is a
Union Parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
under
Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila
Moulvibazar Sadar ( bn, মৌলভীবাজার সদর) is an upazila of Moulvibazar District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.
History
In ancient times, the region was known as Chandrapur or Chandrarajya. After the Conquest of Go ...
of
Moulvibazar District
Moulvibazar ( bn, মৌলভীবাজার) also spelled Maulvibazar, Moulavibazar, and Maulavibazar, (former South Sylhet) is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It i ...
in the division of
Sylhet
Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...
, Bangladesh. It has an area of 23.5 square kilometres and a population of 18,458.
History
The etymology of the union is of two words; "Kanak" and "Pur". The word Kanak comes from
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
and means gold or possibly imitative of clanking metal. The word
Pur is also from Sanskrit and means city.
[Rau Wilhelm 1976 The Meaning of pur in Vedic Literature; Mϋnchen, W Finck.] Therefore, the literal translation would be the city of gold.
Geography
Kanakpur Union is located in the part of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila and shares borders with the Mostafapur Union in the east. It has an area of 23.5 square kilometres.
Demography
Kanakpur has a population of 18,458.
Administration
Kanakpur constitutes the no. 8 union council of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila. It contains 49 villages and 14
mouza
In Bangladesh, Pakistan and parts of India a mouza or mauza (also mouja) is a type of administrative district, corresponding to a specific land area within which there may be one or more settlements. Before the 20th century, the term referred to a ...
s.
Villages
* Haridatta, Shaoniya, Abda, Bachandar, Satyapur, Barhal, Halgar
* Rakha, Nagra, Audatta, Ballabhdatta, Bhadgaon, Binshona, Rangdas
* Kobiraji, Dojbali, Poilpara, Chondibhandar, Buddhimontopur, Khagrakandi, Bagmara
* Maijpara, Kandipara, Bidya'r Mahal, Islampur, Damiya, Fatehpur, Durlabhpur
* Dattabinshona, Banidhupi, Dvipiya, Thekshaliya, Harmahal, Dhoupasha, Khasharikona
* Doliya, Srirampur, Srirainagar, Poton, Bajekrati, Kanakpur
* Shariya, Goyghor, Noldariya, Rajapur, Borkapon, Raypur, Mamrokpur, Nandiura
Economy and tourism
Kanakpur has a significant number of British and American immigrants contributing to its economy. It has two
bazaar
A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...
s.
Education
The Union has a literacy rate of 56.61%.
Primary
It has 14 state primary schools and 1 private primary school.
They are as follows:
# Bhadgaon Government Primary School
# Buddhimontopur Government Primary School
# Damiya Abda Government Primary School
# Raypur Mamrokpur Government Primary School
# Naldariya Government Primary School
# Kanakpur Government Primary School
# Durlavpur Government Primary School
# Haridatta Government Primary School
# Binshona Government Primary School
# Dipiya Government Primary School
# Baro Haal Government Primary School
# Fatehpur Government Primary School
# Shah Bondor Government Primary School
# Sardar Bari Reg. Primary School
It also has 3 kindergartens: Sunrise KG School, Shah Jalal KG School and Srirainagar KG School
Secondary
It has one high school called Bhadgaon Taher un-Nessa High School.
Religious
There are six
madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
s and they are as follows:
# Bhadgaon Imdad ul-Uloom Madrasa
# Buddhimontopur Muhyi us-Sunnah Dakhil Madrasa
# Buddhimontopur Hafizia Madrasa
# Damiya Hafizia Madrasa
# Raypur Mamrokpur Title Madrasa
# Shah Bondor Madrasa
Language and culture
The native population converse in their native
Sylheti dialect
Sylheti ( Sylheti Nāgarī: ; bn, সিলেটি ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and in parts of Northeast India."Sylheti is an Indo-Aryan language spok ...
but can also converse in
Standard Bengali
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of t ...
. Languages such as
Arabic
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and English are also taught in schools.
The Union has 47 mosques:
# Borkapon Jame Masjid and Rajapur Satyapur Borkapon Jame Masjid
# North Bhadgaon Jame Masjid, West Bhadgaon Jame Masjid, South Bhadgaon Jame Masjid, Bhadgaon Bakhsh Bari Jame Masjid and Bhadgaon Sardar Bari Jame Masjid
# Chok Rajpur Jame Masjid
# Islampur Jame Masjid
# Bagmara Jame Masjid
# Khagrakandi Jame Masjid
# Buddhimontopur Jame Masjid and West Buddhimontopur Jame Masjid
# Abda Bazar Jame Masjid, North Abda Jame Masjid and Rajapur Abda Jame Masjid
# Damiya Jame Masjid and Damiya Shah Murad Jame Masjid
# Bochondhor Jame Masjid
# Raypur Jame Masjid
# Mamrokpur Jame Masjid
# Noldariya Jame Masjid
# North Kanakpur Jame Masjid and Kanakpur Bus Stand Jame Masjid
# Durlavpur Jame Masjid
# Shah Bandar Jame Masjid
# Srirampur Jame Masjid and Srirampur Panjegana Masjid
# Rakha Jame Masjid, Rakha Peer Bari Jame Masjid and Rakha Master Motin Bari Panjegana Masjid
# Nagra Jame Masjid
# Rangdas Jame Masjid
# Kabiraji Jame Masjid
# Binshona Jame Masjid, Binshona Master Yusuf Bari Panjegana Masjid, Dattabinshona Panjegana Masjid and Binshona Rezaq Ullah Bari Panjegana Masjid
# Syed Abdul Hamid Waqf Estate and Panjegana Masjid
# Poton Panjegana Masjid
# Halgor Panjegana Masjid
# Srirainagar Panjegana Masjid
# Poilpara Al-Khair Panjegana Masjid
# Audatta Panjegana Masjid
# Dhoupasha Panjegana Masjid
# Dipiya Panjegana Masjid
# Maijpara Ashroyon Prokolpo Panjegana Masjid
It also has 9
eidgah
Eidgah or Idgah, also Eid Gah or Id Gah ( fa, "site of Eid bservances; bn, ঈদগাহ; pnb, ; ur, ; hi, ईदगाह) is a term used in South Asian Islamic culture for the open-air enclosure usually outside the city (or at th ...
s:
# Bhadgaon Eidgah
# Bochbondor Eidgah
# Buddhimontopur Eidgah
# Naldariya Eidgah
# Kanakpur Eidgah
# Durlavpur Eidgah
# Rakha Eidgah
# Dipiya Eidgah
# Shahbondor Eidgah
List of chairmen
References
{{Moulvibazar District
Unions of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila