Rangpur District
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The district of Rangpur have 4924 mosques, 480 temples, 43 churches and six tombs.
In an anthropologic view most people of Rangpur are having Rajbagshi blood in their veins. This is true mainly for the villages which are the majority in Rangpur.
Again amongst the Muslims the percentage of the Ahle Hadith are a bit higher than most other districts of Bangladesh.
, namely, Rangpur Sadar, Badarganj, and Haragach, and eight Upazila
s, namely:
Rangpur town, covering an area of around 43 square kilometers, lies on the bank of the Ghaghat river, and was turned into a municipality
back in 1869. The population of the Rangpur
municipality as of 2006 is 251,699, with 52% male and 48% female, and the literacy rate is 54.6%. Establishment of Rangpur City Corporation, as Divisional City is now under way after the establishment of Rangpur Division in January 2010. The area of Rangpur City Corporation is estimated to be around 100 square kilometer accommodating about 6 million population by next Census of 2011. Rangpur city would be the fifth largest city of Bangladesh after Dhaka (125 million), Chittagong (30 million), Khulna (10 million) and Rajshahi (8 million) estimated population by the next 2011 census.
is the only university in Rangpur district. The Rangpur Medical College
, situated in Ranpur
is one of the major government medical colleges in Bangladesh
. Carmichael College
, established in 1916 by some leading zamindars, is a postgraduate college offering courses in 14 subjects in the faculties of arts, social science, science and commerce. The most renowned educational institution in this region is Rangpur Cadet College. Other renowned schools include Cantonment Public School & College,Rangpur(CPSCR) and Rangpur Zilla School
. Zilla School is established in 1832, this higher secondary school is known for the quality of education it offers. Other prominent educational institutions include Rangpur Govt. College, Begum Rokeya College and Govt. Commercial Institute. Besides there is one polytechnic institute, one vocational institute, around 282 high schools, 722 government primary schools, 38 junior high schools, 193 NGO (Non Government Organization) operated schools and almost 370 Madrasah
s in Rangpur.
A museum and women's training centre was established in Pairabondh, the birth place of famous Begum Rokeya. It is half an hour drive away from Rangpur city.
Apart from the Tajbari museum there is another museum at the heart of the town. The town is known as Green town for its beautiful garden and green park throughout the town. It has a District magistrate office where the great Social Reformer Rammohan Roy served for long time. Nowadays there are lots of market places all through the city. Carmichael College, built during the Raj era, is located in Rangpur. The literacy rate has increased after the independence of the country from Pakistan. Rangpur University have been established in 2009 as the only PUBLIC UNIVERSITY in RANGPUR DIVISION. There are many schools, mosques, and temples in the city.
There is a big Zoo at the heart of the city. There is an ancient auditorium named 'Town Hall' at the center of the city, where different cultural programs are held. The economy of the people is weak since there is no major natural resource like minerals and industry. In the rural areas, there are no source of income for landless poor people. In the great Rangpur region, no economic development took place until the 90s, mainly because of the yearly flooding the region used to see before the making of "Teesta Barrage." The coal is found near this district. There is a large military cantonment in the town.
"Bhinno Jogot" is a big theme park and a popular picnic spot which is situated 15 kilometres from Rangpur Town.
Near the stadium, there is a very beautiful place called 'Chicli vata' surrounding bij many lakes and rice fields.
There were a fairly large number of eminent Zamindar families at Tajhat. Dimla, Kankina, Manthana, Pirganj, Bardhankot, ete in the district of Rangpur. They had magnificent and beautiful palaces of which the Tajhat Palace is most famous. Manna lal ray the founder of the family was Hindu khatri and an adherent of the sikh which at that time, was obliged to emigrate from the Punjab and settled at Mahiganj, Profession it is believed that from the conspicuous appearance of his Taj or jeweled crown his estate derived the name of Tajhat manna lal ray, gradually be quire huge lalded properties in Rangpur his grandson Dhanapat ray. A grand Daughter of ratanlal ray of nya dumka, who was another Punjabi in-migrant. Dhanapat ray’s Grandson Upendra lel ray died at an early age and the estate there fore came into the possession of his uncle Giridharlal ray who was a Munsift Giridhari lal having no issue adopted Govinda Lal of Kolkata who success Ed to the Estate in 1879. He was a man of great public spirit and Liberality because of which he was conferred with the title of Raja in 1835, Raja Bahadur in 1892 and Maharaja in 1896 he metro larges death by being buried alive under the debris of his own during the devastating earthquake of 1897
He was succeeded by his son Maharaja kumar Gopal lal ray in 1908. The place is situated three k. m. on the south –east Outskirts of the town of Rangpur. This Magnificent edifice with about 76.20 m front age. Rises in tow Stores and faces east . a 15.24m.Imposing broad staircase in the centre. Paved with imported white marble. Leads directly above the portico to the upper storey. The palace is crowned by a ribbed conical dome in the centre of the roof with a tall octagonal neck. Partly supported on a series of slender semi-Corinthian columns. The balustrade on either said of the imposing staircase was originally embellished with various sculptures of classical roman figures in Italian marble. But now these are totally missing. There are two semi octagonal projections at each end of the front faced and a 9-144m. Projecting central porch. The balcony roof above the porch is carried on four graceful Corinthian columns with round shafts. Whilst two similar columns on each of the projecting ends of the building . Support a triangular gable. The palace is laid out in the from of an English “U” With its open end to the west. Beyond the entrance at ground floor level. This is a very large hall measuring about 18.288m *13.716m. A3m wide corridor runs the entire length of inner block. Two broad wooden staircases. One is on the middle of the north wing and other is one the south of eastern main block provides access to the upper floor. Probably this place was built by Maha Raja Kumar Gopal lal Ray in the beginning of the 20th century AD from 1984 to 1991. the palace was used as a Rangpur high Court branch of the Bangladesh Supreme court in 1995. The palace was declared as a Protected monument by the department of archeology .recognizing its outstanding archeological value the government of Bangladesh decided to shift the Rangpur museum here in 2002. Accordingly the palace in being partly used as Rangpur museum since 2005.
(BTV) has satellite station in Rangpur. Rangpur Press Club is situated in the Rangpur town. Rangpur has almost 17 cinema halls
. There are a number of locally published newspapers in the district.
in the run up to the event.
In an anthropologic view most people of Rangpur are having Rajbagshi blood in their veins. This is true mainly for the villages which are the majority in Rangpur.
Again amongst the Muslims the percentage of the Ahle Hadith are a bit higher than most other districts of Bangladesh.
Sub-districts
The district has 3 municipalitiesMunicipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
, namely, Rangpur Sadar, Badarganj, and Haragach, and eight Upazila
Upazilas of Bangladesh
||The districts of Bangladesh are divided into subdistricts called Upazila Parishad , or Thana . Upazilas are similar to the county subdivisions found in some Western countries....
s, namely:
- BadarganjBadarganj UpazilaBadarganj is an Upazila of Rangpur District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.-Geography:Badarganj is located at . It has 44029 units of house hold and total area 301.29 km².-Demographics:...
- MithapukurMithapukur UpazilaMithapukur is an Upazila of Rangpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.The upazila is situated in the middle of Rangpur,where it is boundaries by Rngpur Sadar in the North,to the south Pirgonj,to the west badargonj & Fulbari,Dinajpur , to the east Pirgacha &...
- GangacharaGangachhara UpazilaGangachara is an Upazila of Rangpur District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.-Geography:Gangachara is located at . It has 37235 units of house hold and total area 209.61 km².-Demographics:...
- KauniaKaunia UpazilaKaunia is an Upazila of Rangpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.-Geography:Kaunia is located at . It has 35487 units of house hold and total area 147.6 km². Tista river flows beside this upazila.-Demographics:...
- Rangpur SadarRangpur Sadar UpazilaRangpur Sadar is an Upazila of Rangpur District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.-Geography:Rangpur Sadar is located at . It has 89651 units of house hold and total area 330.33 km²....
- PirgachhaPirgachha UpazilaPirgachha is an Upazila of Rangpur District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.-Geography:Pirgachha is located at . It has 52432 units of house hold and total area 265.32 km².-Demographics:...
- Pirganj
- TaraganjTaraganj UpazilaTaraganj is an Upazila of Rangpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.-Geography:Taraganj is located at . It has 21234 units of house hold and total area 128.64 km².-Demographics:...
Rangpur town, covering an area of around 43 square kilometers, lies on the bank of the Ghaghat river, and was turned into a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
back in 1869. The population of the Rangpur
Rangpur
Rangpur may refer to:*Rangpur - citrus fruitplaces*Rangpur Baghoor*Rangpur, India in Gujarat*Rangpur Division in Bangladesh**Rangpur District in Bangladesh**Rangpur, Bangladesh, administrative centre of Rangpur District...
municipality as of 2006 is 251,699, with 52% male and 48% female, and the literacy rate is 54.6%. Establishment of Rangpur City Corporation, as Divisional City is now under way after the establishment of Rangpur Division in January 2010. The area of Rangpur City Corporation is estimated to be around 100 square kilometer accommodating about 6 million population by next Census of 2011. Rangpur city would be the fifth largest city of Bangladesh after Dhaka (125 million), Chittagong (30 million), Khulna (10 million) and Rajshahi (8 million) estimated population by the next 2011 census.
Education
Rangpur UniversityRangpur University
Rangpur University is a government financed public university in Bangladesh. It is the fourth public university in Rajshahi Division. This university is renamed as Begum Rokeya University.- Settings :...
is the only university in Rangpur district. The Rangpur Medical College
Rangpur Medical College
Rangpur Medical College is one of the major government medical colleges in Bangladesh, located in Rangpur District.-Brief history:To meet the growing needs of modern medicine, the government of East Pakistan established a medical college in Rangpur in 1970 with a 500-bed teaching hospital...
, situated in Ranpur
Ranpur
Ranpur is town located on the bank of river Bhadar. Ranpur is 112 km from Ahmedabad, India.It has population of around 25,000, containing both Muslims and Hindus. Ranpur is also known for its "unity" between community...
is one of the major government medical colleges in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. Carmichael College
Carmichael College
Carmichael College is an eminent educational institution in Rangpur, Bangladesh. It was established in 10th of November, 1916 and was named after Thomas David Baron Carmichael of Skirling.-External links:*...
, established in 1916 by some leading zamindars, is a postgraduate college offering courses in 14 subjects in the faculties of arts, social science, science and commerce. The most renowned educational institution in this region is Rangpur Cadet College. Other renowned schools include Cantonment Public School & College,Rangpur(CPSCR) and Rangpur Zilla School
Rangpur Zilla School
Rangpur Zila School is a school located in Rangpur District, Bangladesh. It is one of the earliest schools established in Bengal....
. Zilla School is established in 1832, this higher secondary school is known for the quality of education it offers. Other prominent educational institutions include Rangpur Govt. College, Begum Rokeya College and Govt. Commercial Institute. Besides there is one polytechnic institute, one vocational institute, around 282 high schools, 722 government primary schools, 38 junior high schools, 193 NGO (Non Government Organization) operated schools and almost 370 Madrasah
Madrasah
Madrasah is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious...
s in Rangpur.
Places of interest
Just south of the city of Rangpur lies the Tajhat, a former "rajbari" or zamindar's palace. After the end of the British Raj, the building was abandoned and decayed rapidly, although it was used for a few years as a courthouse during the 1980s. In the year 2004, it was largely restored and turned into a museum with ancient inscriptions, art and coins from the area on display. RDRS (Rangpur and Dinajpur Rural Service) Bangladesh http://www.rdrsbangla.net, an NGO in northwest Bangladesh, has a large office and guesthouse/convention center in the town of Rangpur.A museum and women's training centre was established in Pairabondh, the birth place of famous Begum Rokeya. It is half an hour drive away from Rangpur city.
Apart from the Tajbari museum there is another museum at the heart of the town. The town is known as Green town for its beautiful garden and green park throughout the town. It has a District magistrate office where the great Social Reformer Rammohan Roy served for long time. Nowadays there are lots of market places all through the city. Carmichael College, built during the Raj era, is located in Rangpur. The literacy rate has increased after the independence of the country from Pakistan. Rangpur University have been established in 2009 as the only PUBLIC UNIVERSITY in RANGPUR DIVISION. There are many schools, mosques, and temples in the city.
There is a big Zoo at the heart of the city. There is an ancient auditorium named 'Town Hall' at the center of the city, where different cultural programs are held. The economy of the people is weak since there is no major natural resource like minerals and industry. In the rural areas, there are no source of income for landless poor people. In the great Rangpur region, no economic development took place until the 90s, mainly because of the yearly flooding the region used to see before the making of "Teesta Barrage." The coal is found near this district. There is a large military cantonment in the town.
"Bhinno Jogot" is a big theme park and a popular picnic spot which is situated 15 kilometres from Rangpur Town.
Near the stadium, there is a very beautiful place called 'Chicli vata' surrounding bij many lakes and rice fields.
There were a fairly large number of eminent Zamindar families at Tajhat. Dimla, Kankina, Manthana, Pirganj, Bardhankot, ete in the district of Rangpur. They had magnificent and beautiful palaces of which the Tajhat Palace is most famous. Manna lal ray the founder of the family was Hindu khatri and an adherent of the sikh which at that time, was obliged to emigrate from the Punjab and settled at Mahiganj, Profession it is believed that from the conspicuous appearance of his Taj or jeweled crown his estate derived the name of Tajhat manna lal ray, gradually be quire huge lalded properties in Rangpur his grandson Dhanapat ray. A grand Daughter of ratanlal ray of nya dumka, who was another Punjabi in-migrant. Dhanapat ray’s Grandson Upendra lel ray died at an early age and the estate there fore came into the possession of his uncle Giridharlal ray who was a Munsift Giridhari lal having no issue adopted Govinda Lal of Kolkata who success Ed to the Estate in 1879. He was a man of great public spirit and Liberality because of which he was conferred with the title of Raja in 1835, Raja Bahadur in 1892 and Maharaja in 1896 he metro larges death by being buried alive under the debris of his own during the devastating earthquake of 1897
He was succeeded by his son Maharaja kumar Gopal lal ray in 1908. The place is situated three k. m. on the south –east Outskirts of the town of Rangpur. This Magnificent edifice with about 76.20 m front age. Rises in tow Stores and faces east . a 15.24m.Imposing broad staircase in the centre. Paved with imported white marble. Leads directly above the portico to the upper storey. The palace is crowned by a ribbed conical dome in the centre of the roof with a tall octagonal neck. Partly supported on a series of slender semi-Corinthian columns. The balustrade on either said of the imposing staircase was originally embellished with various sculptures of classical roman figures in Italian marble. But now these are totally missing. There are two semi octagonal projections at each end of the front faced and a 9-144m. Projecting central porch. The balcony roof above the porch is carried on four graceful Corinthian columns with round shafts. Whilst two similar columns on each of the projecting ends of the building . Support a triangular gable. The palace is laid out in the from of an English “U” With its open end to the west. Beyond the entrance at ground floor level. This is a very large hall measuring about 18.288m *13.716m. A3m wide corridor runs the entire length of inner block. Two broad wooden staircases. One is on the middle of the north wing and other is one the south of eastern main block provides access to the upper floor. Probably this place was built by Maha Raja Kumar Gopal lal Ray in the beginning of the 20th century AD from 1984 to 1991. the palace was used as a Rangpur high Court branch of the Bangladesh Supreme court in 1995. The palace was declared as a Protected monument by the department of archeology .recognizing its outstanding archeological value the government of Bangladesh decided to shift the Rangpur museum here in 2002. Accordingly the palace in being partly used as Rangpur museum since 2005.
Media
Bangladesh TelevisionBangladesh Television
Bangladesh Television , also known by the acronym BTV, is the state-owned Television network in Bangladesh. It started broadcasting as Pakistan Television in what was then East Pakistan on 25 December 1964. It was renamed Bangladesh Television after the independence in 1971. Broadcasts in full...
(BTV) has satellite station in Rangpur. Rangpur Press Club is situated in the Rangpur town. Rangpur has almost 17 cinema halls
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
. There are a number of locally published newspapers in the district.
- Dainik Rangpur chitra (Highest circulated daily of Rangpur Division) Editor ASM Rubaiyat Farman
- Dainik Dabanal
- Dainik Juger Alo
- Dainik Paribesh
- Dainik Rangpur
- Weekly Atol
- Rangpur Barta
- Weekly Bajrakatha
- Rangapur Bartabaha (1st bangla newspaper in north bengol)
- Rangapur Dik Prakash
- Rangapur Darpan
- Uttar Bangla
- Pravati
Trivia
A rare total eclipse of the Sun was expected to be visible from the extreme north of the Rangpur district on July 22, 2009 http://www.astronomy2009-bd.org/newshtm/solareclipse2009.htm. This attracted much attention from the Bangladeshi astronomical communityBangladesh Astronomical Society
Bangladesh Astronomical Society is an astronomical organization in Bangladesh. It is much professional rather than amateur. The society was formed by famous Bangladeshi astronomer Mohammed Abdul Jabbar on 12 November 1984.-External links:*...
in the run up to the event.
External links
- Rangpur Municipality, Official website for Rangpur Municipality
- Rangpur Education
- Rangpur in Banglapedia, Banglapedia Article on Rangpur District