Nawkhanda

Nawkhanda is a village in Gopalganj District,

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Muksudpur Upazila Muksudpur ( bn, মুকসুদপুর) is an upazila of Gopalganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Muksudpur is located at . It has a total area of 309.63 km2. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh ce ...

. The village covers an area of 3 km², and is bordered by the villages of

Nanikhir Nanikhir is a village in Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, part of Muksudpur Upazila. It is part of the Nanikhir union, which consists of the villages of Nanikhir, Baro Vatra, Mohishtoli, Pathorghata, Goalgram, Bongram and Kazipara, and which ...

Barovatra Baro Vatra is a village in Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, part of Muksudpur Upazila. The village covers an area of 3.43 km2, and is bordered by the villages of Nanikhir, Nawkhanda, Pathorgatha and Banagram. Baro Vatra's main canal ...

, Pathorgatha and Kasalia, Goinary. Nawkhanda's main canal is the Hatashe Channel, locally called Nawkhanda Khall or Nanikhir Khall. The Bil Rout Canal at

Jalirpar Jalirpar is a Village and a Union too under Muksudpur Upazila, Gopalganj established in 1634. The Bil Rout Canal travels through the village of Jalirpar on its way to the Padma River. Non-governmental organizations operating in Jalirpar includ ...

joins with the Hatashe Canal to the river

Padma The Padma ( bn, পদ্মা ''Pôdma'') is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is sit ...

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Union parishad was established in 1634. The village consists of three wards and few ''mahallas''. The village has a

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s, an Alia Madrasa, and few community schools.

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s operating in Nawkhanda include BDAO (the Bangladesh Development Acceleration Organisation), BRAC,

CCDB Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) founded in 1972, immediately after the Bangladesh Liberation War, by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to succeed the Bangladesh Ecumenical Relief and Rehabilitation Services (BERRS). The ...

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. Populated places in Dhaka Division {{Dhaka-geo-stub