| Overview » THAKURGAON Travel Guide |
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| Introduction About » THAKURGAON |
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Thakurgaon District (RAJSHAHI division) with an area of 1809.52 sq km, is bounded by PANCHAGARH district on the north, WEST BENGAL of India on the west and south, Panchagarh and DINAJPUR districts on the east.
Annual average temperature: maximum 33.5°C, minimum 10.5°C; annual rainfall 2536 mm. Main rivers are TANGON, PUNARBHABA, NAGAR, Pathari, Talma, Kulic, DHEPA.
Thakurgaon (Town) consists of 9 wards and 23 mahallas. The area of the town is 10.70 sq km. The Town has a population of 40336; male 51.62%, female 48.38%; population density per sq km 3770. Literacy rate among the town people is 58.5%. |
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| History About » THAKURGAON |
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The history of Thakurgaon is very glorius, specially during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 people of Thakurgaon played a very positive role to make homeland enemy-free.
In British India, Thakurgaon was a Thana. Later it became a subdivision under undivided Dinajpur District. In 1947 at the time of Partition of India, Thakurgaon Subdivision fall with Pakistani part, that is a subdivision of newly established Dinajpur District of East Bengal (East Pakistan). In 1984 the Takurgaon Subdivision was declared as a District of Bangladesh. |
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