Nabinagar ( bn, নবীনগর ) is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

Brahmanbaria District Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, translit=Brahmôṇbaṛiya) is a district in eastern Bangladesh located in the Chittagong Division. Geographically, it is mostly farmland and is topographically part of the Ga ...

in the Division of

Chattogram Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. Nabinagar Thana was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Geography

Nabinagar is located at . It has 94,871 households and a total area of 86,568 acres (350.328 km²).

Demographics

According to the

2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...

, Nabinagar had a population of 493,518. This comprised 230,227 males and 263,291 females, with males constituting 46.65% of the population, and females 53.35%. Nabinagar has an average literacy rate of 43.60%, comprising 42.80% among males and 44.30% among females
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

Points of interest

* Masque made by Alauddin Kha *Satmora Aanada Ashram * Shrighar Church * Bholachnag Palpara Doyamoy mandir * Ahammadpur Soldiers memorials * Goni Shah Mazar Sharif Thollakandi * Maharshi Mon Mohon Datta Monastery * Barikhola Abdul Gofur chisti & Shiraj Chisti mazar * Titusha Mazar Sorif Lohory * MP Tila * SantiPur Kath Bagan * Rasulpur Natghar * Ibrahimpur Dayami Darbar sharif (sufiyabad) * Titas River

Administration

Nabinagar Upazila is divided into Nabinagar Municipality and 21

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 ...

s: Barail, Barikandi, Biddyakut, Birgaon, Bitghar, Ibrahimpur, Junedpur, Kaitala Dakshin, Kaitala Uttar, Krishnanagar, Laur Fatehpur, Natghar, Paschim Nabinagar, Purba Nabinagar,

Rasullabad Rasullabad ( bn, রছুল্লাবাদ ''Rasullābād'') is a Union council of Nabinagar Upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh ...

, Ratanpur, Salimganj, Satmura, Shibpur, Shyamgram, and Sreerampur. The union parishads are subdivided into 149 mauzas and 200 villages. Nabinagar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 18

mahalla is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social ins ...

s. The current Member of Parliament is Mohammad Ebadul Karim Bulbul( Brahmanbaria-5)

Post offices and postal codes

* Nabinagar - 3410 * Sreerampur - 3410 * Rasullabad - 3412 * Jibanganj - 3419 * Kaitala - 3417 * Laurfatehpur - 3411 * Ratanpur - 3414 * Salimganj - 3418 * Shahapur - 3415 * Shamgram - 3413 * Fandauk - 3441 * Nasirnagar - 3440 * Satmora - 3544 * Birgoan - 3400 * krisnonogoar - 3400 * Barail - 3444 * shibpur - 3400 * Brahmanhata - 3417 * Kalghara - 3413 * Ibrahimpur - 3410 * Vulachang - 3410 * Jenodpur -3410

Education

There are 4 colleges, 25 high schools, 8 Madrasas, 144 government primary schools and 55 non-government primary schools. According to Banglapedia, Nabinagar Pilot High School, founded in 1896, Bidyakut Amar High School (1913), Fatehpur Kamalakanta Gurucharan High School (1913) and Kaitala Jajneshwar High School (1918) are notable secondary schools.

Notable people

Ghulam Azam Ghulam Azam ( bn, গোলাম আযম; 7 November 192223 October 2014) was a Bangladeshi Islamist politician. He was the former leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, the largest Islamist political party in Bangladesh. Azam was arrested b ...

, former leader of

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was ...

Khan Sarwar Murshid Khan Sarwar Murshid ( bn, খাঁন সারওয়ার মুরশিদ; 1 July 1924 – 8 December 2012) was a Bangladeshi educationist, diplomat and intellectual. Early life and education Sarwar Murshid was born on 1 July 1 ...

, sixth vice-chancellor of the

University of Rajshahi The University of Rajshahi, also known as Rajshahi University or RU ( bn, রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), is a Public university, public Mixed-sex education, co-educational research university in Bangladesh si ...

References

External links

Nabinagarupazila.com

nabinagar.brahmanbaria.gov
Upazilas of Brahmanbaria District {{Chittagong-geo-stub