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Dhanbari Upazila

Coordinates: 24°37′N 90°1.5′E / 24.617°N 90.0250°E / 24.617; 90.0250
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This article is about the Upazila. For the Union, see Dhanbari Union. For the Town, see Dhanbari.
Dhanbari
ধনবাড়ী
Upazila
Dhanbari is located in Bangladesh
Dhanbari
Dhanbari
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°37′N 90°1.5′E / 24.617°N 90.0250°E / 24.617; 90.0250
Country Bangladesh
DivisionDhaka Division
DistrictTangail District
Area
 • Total130.50 km2 (50.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total203,284
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitedhanbari.tangail.gov.bd

Dhanbari (Bengali: ধনবাড়ী) is a newly formed upazila of Tangail District[1] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2][3]

Notable people of the Upazila are Nawab Syed Ali Hasan Ali Choudhury, Dr. Sheikh Nizamul Islam, MP & Dr. Mohammad Abdur Razzaque, MP.

Administration

Dhanbari Upazila is divided into Dhanbari Municipality and seven union parishads: Baniajan, Birtara, Bolibhadra, Dhopakhali, Jodunathpur, Musuddi, and Paiska. The union parishads are subdivided into 103 mauzas and 132 villages.[4]

Dhanbari Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 25 mahallas.[4]

Education

See also: Education in Bangladesh

There are seven colleges in the upazila: Asya Hasan Ali Mohila Degree College, Bhai Ghat Ideal College, Dhanbari College, Mushuddi Razia College, Norilla College, Panchpotol Degree College, and Ukhariabari College.[5]

According to Banglapedia, Dhanbari Nawab Institution, founded in 1910, Paiska High School (1960), and Pankata Islamia Secondary School (1943) are notable secondary schools.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sajida Begum (2012), "Dhanbari Upazila", in Sirajul Islam; Ahmed A. Jamal (eds.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. ^ Khaleda goes to Tangail today, The Daily Star, 4 September 2006
  3. ^ এক নজরে ধনবাড়ী [Dhanbari at a Glance]. Dhanbari Upazila (in Bengali).
  4. ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Tangail" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. ^ "List of Colleges". Department of Secondary and Higher Education. Retrieved 6 September 2020.


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