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Uttara Model Town or simply Uttara ( bn, উত্তরা) is a suburb of
Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
, the capital of
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. The name derives from the
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word ''uttar'' meaning "north". It lies on the road to
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, and adjoins
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ( bn, হযরত শাহ্‌জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, Romanized: ''Hôzrôt Shahjalal Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr'') ( formerly VGZR) is th ...
.


History


Planning

In 1966, Dhaka Improvement Trust planned to build a satellite town under ''North Satellite Town project'' in Dhaka District. In 1980, DIT changed the project name into ''Uttara Residential Model Town Project''.


First phase

RAJUK completed the first phase of the project in 1992. In this phase Uttara had 6,000 plots. The total land for these plots was 950 acrss. Completed sectors in 1st phase are Sector 1, Sector 2, Sector 3, Sector 4, Sector 5, Sector 6, Sector 7, Sector 8, Sector 9, and Sector 10.


Second phase

New phase started after the completion of first phase. Second phase took 6 years to complete. Completed sectors in 2nd phase are Sector 11, Sector 12, Sector 13, and Sector 14.


Third phase

During the course of the third phase circa 2,150 acres (8.7 km2) of land were acquired. About 10,000 residential plots and 225,512 apartments including amenities and urban facilities were provided. The estimated cost of third phase is Tk 23.16 billion. The deadline of the extension project was extended to June 2022. Planned sectors in 3rd phase are Sector 15, Sector 16, Sector 17, and Sector 18.


Demographics

At the 2011 Bangladesh census, Uttara had a population of 179,907. According to 2011 figures, males constitute 56.33% of the population and females 43.67%, and about 80% of the Uttara's population are adults. Uttara has an average literacy rate of 90.49% (7+ years).


Administration

Uttara is divided by administrative and geographical division named Sector. There are 18 sectors in Uttara. Every sector is under a sector welfare association. And Uttara Association is the combination of these sector-wise associations. Suburban of Uttara is under two wards ( Ward no. 1 and Ward no. 51) of DNCC. Politically this area is under
Dhaka-18 Dhaka-18 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh by Mohammad Habib Hasan of the Awami League since November 12 of 2020. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhaka North City Corporation wards 1 ...
constituency.


Ward councillor


Geography


Inner Uttara

* Sector 1 * Sector 2 * Sector 3 * Sector 4 * Sector 5 * Sector 6 * Sector 7 * Sector 8 * Sector 9 * Sector 10 * Sector 11 * Sector 12 * Sector 13 * Sector 14 * Sector 15 * Sector 16 * Sector 17 * Sector 18


Outer Uttara

* Uttarkhan/ Uttar Khan * Dakshinkhan/ Dakshin Khan * Phulbaria (Adjacent to Sector 10) * Ranabhola (Adjacent to Sector 10) * Kamarpara (Adjacent to Sector 10) * Dhour * Bamnartek * Nolbhog * Noa Nagar * Dolipara (Adjacent to Sector 5) * Katoitala (Adjacent to Sector 5) * Pakuria * Diabari * Khantek * Jatrabari * Ahalia * Ashkona * Khalpar * Tarartek * Abdullahpur (Situated at the banks of
turag river Turag River ( bn, তুরাগ নদী; ) is the upper tributary of the Buriganga, a major river in Bangladesh. The Turag originates from the Bangshi River, the latter an important ''tributary'' of the Dhaleshwari River, flows through Ga ...
, adjacent to sector 9)


Private Housing

* Priyanka City (Adjacent to Sector 12) * Rupayan City (Situated to the west at the end of Sector 12 of Uttara)


Economy

Uttara is a planned city and one of elite suburbs in Dhaka. For that and many attractive features, Uttara is one of desirable places in Dhaka. According to a survey conducted by B-property in 2019, Uttara is the first choice of Dhaka residents for living. Mr Nuswardi is a Chief Executive of the property website named B-Property. He said to BBC Bangla that This planned satellite town is important place in the capital of Bangladesh which has all necessary things citizen needs for their life. In future people will started to live in Purbachal. Purbachal situated near the town so it is a plus point. For many reasons Uttara is preferable. Uttara is popular for shooting Bangladeshi dramas. Many dramas can be seen shooting here. Sector 7 Bridge is popular for
street food Street food is ready-to-eat food or drinks sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or at other public places, such as markets or fairs. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and is meant for immediate consumption ...
. Various food items are available in this area. There are many restaurants in Uttara. Many people visit these restaurants to eat.


Parks and recreation

Uttara Model Town has 8 parks and lakes. Sector 1, 2, 5, 8, 9 and 10 has no park. There are lakes in Uttara except 1, 2, 6, 8, 10 and 12. Fun park and Electrofun are children's recreation center in Uttara. There is a children amusement park in sector 15 named Fantasy Island.


Transportation


Roads

Many bus services give various transportation service in Uttara. Many taxi services are available in this town such as
Uber Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber), based in San Francisco, provides mobility as a service, ride-hailing (allowing users to book a car and driver to transport them in a way similar to a taxi), food delivery (Uber Eats and Postmates), package ...
, Shohoz etc.


Rail

Residents of Uttara use Dhaka Airport Railway Station to travel any nearer or remote area for various purposes. Situated opposite to
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ( bn, হযরত শাহ্‌জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, Romanized: ''Hôzrôt Shahjalal Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr'') ( formerly VGZR) is th ...
, it can be accessed from the Airport Road. The first route of Dhaka Metro Rail under construction, originally projected to start from Uttara, to Sayedabad, in the south of the capital, was eventually extended north to Uttara and truncated south to Motijheel. The line will be extended from Motijheel to Kamalapur. Three metro stations will be built in Uttara, they includes: Uttara North, Uttara Center and Uttara South.


Air

There is an airport situated in Kurmitola, Dhaka named
Shahjalal International Airport Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ( bn, হযরত শাহ্‌জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, Romanized: ''Hôzrôt Shahjalal Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr'') ( formerly VGZR) is th ...
. It can be accessed by the eight-lane Airport Road. To the north of the airport lies
Uttara Uttara, which means "north" in Sanskrit and many other South Asian languages, may refer to: Places * Uttara Export Processing Zone, Bangladesh * Uttara, a suburb north of Dhaka, Bangladesh *Uttara East Thana *Uttara West Thana *Uttaradit, a city i ...
area and
Gazipur Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a city in central Bangladesh. It is located in the Gazipur District. It is a major industrial city north of Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh. Its other name is Joydebpur. Demogra ...
city, while
Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
city lies to its south. There is a railway station immediately outside (facing) the airport named Airport Railway Station.


Streets

*
Sonargaon Janapath Sonargaon Janapath Road is a road that joins House Building Home construction or residential construction is the process of constructing a house, apartment building, or similar residential building generally referred to as a 'home' when giving c ...
* Jashimuddin Avenue * Isha Kha Avenue * Rabindra Sarani * Gareeb-e-Nawaz Avenue * Gausul Azam Avenue * Shah Makhdum Avenue * Alaul Avenue * Shayesta Kha Avenue * Shahjalal Avenue * Ranabhola Avenue * Eskaton Avenue


Public institutions


Post Office

There is a sub-post office situated in sector 3. Its postal code is 1230.


Fire Service

There is a fire service and civil defence station in Uttara.


Regional Passport Office

Uttara has RPO (Regional Passport Office) situated in sector 12.


Thanas

The town of Uttara has three thanas (police stations). *
Uttara East Thana Uttara East Thana ( bn, উত্তরা পূর্ব থানা) is a Thana of Bangladesh situated in Sector 4 of Uttara, Dhaka (Eastern side of Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway). Uttara East was established on 31 May 1997. Its former name was ' ...
* Uttara West Thana *
Turag Thana Turag Thana is a thana, an administrative unit, in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Turag Thana police station is the designated police station of the thana. References Thanas of Uttara Thanas of Dhaka Areas under Dhaka-18 constituency {{dhaka ...


Hospitals

Uttara has many hospitals. There is a government hospital named
Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Govt. Hospital ( bn, কুয়েত বাংলাদেশ মৈত্রী সরকারি হাসপাতাল) or Kuwait Bangladesh Hospital is a government hospital situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The h ...
situated in sector 6.


Hospitals

* Aichi Hospital * Al Ashraf General Hospital *
Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Govt. Hospital ( bn, কুয়েত বাংলাদেশ মৈত্রী সরকারি হাসপাতাল) or Kuwait Bangladesh Hospital is a government hospital situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The h ...
* Radical Hospital * Shin Shin Japan Hospital * Uttara Adhunik Medical College & Hospital * Japan East West Medical College Hospital * Women and Children's Hospital, Uttara * Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital


Education


Schools

*
Aga Khan School, Dhaka The Aga Khan School, Dhaka, is an English Medium School, in Uttara, Dhaka under the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the Aga Khan Education Service, Bangladesh (AKES,B). It is one of the earliest private English Medium schools in Bang ...
* Armed Police Battalion High School * Azampur Government Primary School * Bangladesh International Tutorial (BIT) * Belmont International School * Blooming Flower School * Child Plan School * Don Bosco School and College * DPS STS School * Euro International School * Green Lawn School and College * Heritage International College *
International Turkish Hope School, Dhaka International Hope School Bangladesh (IHSB) is an English medium, private international school in Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was previously called International Turkish Hope School. History and campus Founder Principal Kazim Eldes establishe ...
* Kids Campus School * Life Preparatory School * MaHaad International School *
Mastermind School Mastermind School is a British-curriculum private school in Bangladesh established in 1997. It offers English-medium education to students from Play Group age to grade 12, leading to the International General Certificate of Secondary Education ...
* Mileshium School * Milestone College * Moajjem Hossain Ideal School & College * Nawab Habibullah Model School & College * Oxford International School, Uttara campus * Peace International School (PIS) * Premier School Dhaka (PSD) * Rangon Academy * Rajuk Uttara Model College * Rangon Art School * Red Brick School * Scholastica school * Sky Touch School *
South Breeze School South Breeze School is an English-medium educational institution located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1986 by principal Zeenat Chowdhury, the original campus was located in Dhanmondi. The campus was relocated in 2000, and in 2004, a new addit ...
* Sunbeams School * Sunnydale * The Headway School * Time International Academy *
Uttara High School and College Uttara High School and College (also known as Uttara High School, or abbreviated as UHSC) (Bengali: উত্তরা হাই স্কুল ও কলেজ) is a Bangladeshi primary school, secondary school also higher secondary school (gra ...
* Uttara Model College * Uttara Model School * Uttara Town College


Colleges and universities

* Aeronautical Institute of Bangladesh * Aeronautical College of Bangladesh *
Asian University Asian University (Asian U), formerly the Asian University of Science and Technology, was founded in 1993, initially with the academic co-operation of Imperial College London. It was an international university using English as the language of inst ...
*
Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology ( bn, অতীশ দীপঙ্কর বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), abbreviated as ADUST, is a private university in Uttara, ...
*
BGMEA Institute of Fashion & Technology BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology or BUFT is a university in Bangladesh. It was established with the aim to produce technically competent human resources for the ready-made garments sector of the country. History It was established b ...
* Heritage International College of Aviation Science and Management *
International University of Business Agriculture and Technology International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) is the first non-government university in Bangladesh. It was established in 1991 under the Private University Act (PUA) of 1992 (now replaced by PUA 2010) by M Alimullah Mi ...
* Shanto Mariam University of Creative Technology * Tagore University of Creative Arts *
Uttara University Uttara University ( bn, উত্তরা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or UU is a private university at Uttara, in Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South ...


Medical colleges

* Japan East West Medical College Hospital *
Medical College for Women and Hospital Medical College for Women and Hospital (MCW&H) is a private medical college of Bangladesh exclusively for women. It has currently two academic campuses in Uttara, Dhaka, one in Sector - 1 and the other in Uttarkhan. The college is affiliated with ...
*
Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College, Dhaka (SMAMC)( bn, শহীদ মনসুর আলী মেডিকেল কলেজ,ঢাকা) is a non government medical college in Uttara Model Town, Uttara, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh ...
* Uttara Adhunik Medical College & Hospital


Gallery

File:2 poient pespective.JPG, Chowrasta in Uttara File:Bangladesh DSC 0472 (3943550199).jpg, Alaul Avenue File:রবীন্দ্র সৃজনকলা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ক্যাম্পাস ভবন.jpg, Shah Makhdum Avenue File:Beauty of Dia Bari, Uttara, Dhaka (34617346975).jpg, Sector 15 lake File:Dhaka City View 02.jpg, Skyline of Uttara File:Dhaka City View 03.jpg, Road in Uttara File:Uttara House Building.jpg, House building at night File:Uttra,Dhaka উত্তরা ঢাকা.jpg, A lake in Uttara File:North Tower, Uttara (50).jpg, North Tower, Uttara File:Uttara Dhaka at night.jpg, Night view of Uttara File:PitzaRooftop.jpg, A commercial building in Uttara File:Rooftop View of PITZA Restaurant Uttara Dhaka.jpg, A rooftop restaurant in Uttara


See also

* Azampur, Uttara *
Dakshinkhan Union Dakshinkhan Adarsha ( bn, দক্ষিণখান আদর্শ, Dokkhinkhan Adorsho) is a union parishad of Dhaka Metropolitan North, Dhaka District, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is bounded by Gazipur Sadar Upazila on the north, Khilkhet Thana ...
*
House Building, Uttara House Building ( bn, হাউজ বিল্ডিং) is an area of Uttara, a suburb of Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's ...
*
Neighbourhoods in Dhaka Metropolitan Area Dhaka ( bn, ঢাকা), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital of Bangladesh. It is the ninth-largest and the sixth-most densely populated city in the world, with a population of 8.9 million residents within the city limits, and a p ...
*
Uttar Khan Thana Uttar Khan is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its area is 20.09 km2. It is bounded by Tongi Khal (canal) and Gazipur Sadar Upazila on the north, Khilkhet and Dakshinkhan thanas on the south, Balu River and Kali ...


Notes


References


External links

* * {{Uttara (town) Neighbourhoods in Dhaka Planned cities in Bangladesh 1966 establishments in East Pakistan Populated places established in the 1960s