| Rajshahi রাজশাহী জেলা |
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| — District — | |
| Ruins at Puthia, Rajshahi | |
| Location of Rajshahi in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Rajshahi Division |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,407.01 km2 (929.4 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 2,262,483 |
| • Density | 940/km2 (2,434.5/sq mi) |
| Literacy rate | |
| • Total | 30.61% |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| • Summer (DST) | BDST (UTC+7) |
| Website | Banglapedia Article |
Rajshahi District (Bengali: রাজশাহী জেলা) is a district in north-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division. The metropolitan city of Rajshahi is in Rajshahi District.
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Rajshahi district is bounded by Naogaon District on the north, Natore District on the east, Chapai Nababganj District on the south and the river Padma to the south.
There are ten rivers in this district, totaling 146 km in length. the main river is Padma River (Ganges). Some others are Mahananda, Baral and Barnai river.
Administrator of Zila Porishod: Mahbub Jamal Bhulu[1]
Deputy Commissioner (DC): Md. Abdul Hannan [2]
Sub-district or upazillas of Rajshahi
Rajshai district has well organized internal communication as well as connection to other parts of the country. There are 96 metalled roads with a total length of about 1270 km, 108 semi-metalled roads of about 546 km length, and six railways of about 63 km total length.
Rajshahi has been regarded as the bread-basket of Bangladesh. Recent agricultural modernizations with the much-lauded Barendra project has increased crop-diversification, allowed farmers to access better analysis of their farmland's chemical composition, and generally allowed farmers to grow as many as three crops every year instead of the usual one crop. Moreover, agro-processing is also thought to have an extremely bright future in this region of the country; industry experts predict that gas connection with the rest of the country will allow Rajshahi to fulfill its true potential and generally emerge as one of the most economically vibrant parts of Bangladesh.
Rajshahi Divisional Head Quarter is Rajshahi Metropolitan. Its widely known as Silk City of Bangladesh, the National Silk Board (In Bengali : Jatio Resham Board) is situated at Rajshahi. Also an Inter-City train is named Silk City after Rajshahi. The train communicates Rajshahi to Dhaka, the Capital City of Bangladesh. Rajshahi is famous in Bangladesh for producing Mango and Silk.
| Clubs: | 387 |
| Community Centre: | 178 |
| Co-operative Society: | 2040 |
| Professional Society: | 80 |
| Post Office: | 121 |
| Bank Branches: | 138 |
| NGOs: | 362 |
| Mosques: | 3718 |
| Temples: | 231 |
| Churches: | 36 |
| Pagodas: | 2 |
| Marriage Registers: | 33 |
| Livestock Firms: | 312 |
| Poultry Firms: | 142 |
| Hatchery: | 16 |
| Handloom: | 691 |
| Bamboo & Cane: | 343 |
| Carpentry: | 712 |
| Jute/Cotton Fibre: | 144 |
| Blacksmith: | 368 |
| Potter: | 351 |
| Gold Smith: | 275 |
| Others: | 1375 |
Type | Total No.| No. of Teachers | No. of Students Kindergerten.........: 41 264 4095 Primary School.......: 911 3789 380891 Junior High School...: 30 175 6214 Secondary High School: 215 2367 169765 College..............: 63 1505 37652 University...........: 2 767 14422 Teachers training....: 1 17 330 Physical Training....: 1 11 225 Bangladesh Polytechnic Ins. 1 30 600 Polytechnical Inst...: 1 25 557 Vocational Institute.: Rajshahi Locknath High School 1 25 1000 Blind/Disable School.: 1 7 56 Mass Education Centre: 36 82 1402 Ibtedaye Madrasa.....: 197 646 1818442 Dakhil Madrasa.......: 42 652 15273 Alia Madrasa.........: 14 198 4456 Fazil Madrasa........: 57 204 4718 Kamil Madrasa........: 8 51 911 Forquania Madrasa....: 139 359 9636 Hafizia Madrasa......: 29 44 1017 Qaumi Madrasa........: 3 11 107 Tol College..........: 3 90 2054 Pali College.........: - - - Girls School/College.: 36 563 20651
Homeo Medical College: 1 17 729
Items | Doctors | Nurse/HA | No. of Beds Hospitals.............: 393 294 1123 Clinics...............: 73 158 200 FWC...................: 35 22 13 Maternity Centre......: 34 22 13 Primary Healthcare....: 3 11 10