Rangpur District

Rangpur District (rajshahi division) with an part of 2307.78 sq km, surrounded by nilphamari district on the north, gaibandha district on the south, kurigram district on the east and dinajpur district on the west.
     

Major rivers are tista, Jamuneshwari, karatoya, Chikli and ghaghat. About  80% area of the district is collected of alluvial soil of Tista basin and 20% Barind land. Annual run of the mill temperature: utmost 32.3?C, least amount 11.2?C; total rainfall 2931 mm.
     

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Rangpur (municipality) stands on the reserve of the river Ghagat. It consists of 15 wards and 109 mahallas. The municipality was curved into a borough in 1869. It has an area of 42.57 sq km. The population of the municipality is 251699; male 52.31%, female 47.69%. The bulk of population is 5913 per sq km. Literacy rate among the town people is 54.6%. supervision The district consists of three municipalities, eight upazilas, 33 wards, 84 union parishads, 2151 mouzas and 1519 villages 203 mahallas. The upazilas are badarganj, gangachara, kaunia, rangpur sadar, mithapukur, pirgachha, pirganj and taraganj; the municipalities are Rangpur Sadar, Badarganj and Kaunia.
     

Archaeological inheritance and relics Tajhat Rajbari, Keramatia Mosque, Dimlaraj Kali Mandir, Sree Sree Karunamaye Kali Mandir, Rangpur Museum, Rangpur Town Hall, Rangpur Public Library, Pareshnath Mandir at Mahiganj, crypt of the noted Islamic intellectual Maulana Keramat Ali Jainpuri, tomb of Shah Jalal Bokheri at Mahiganj, vault of Ismail Ghazi at Kataduar, carmichael college Building, home stead of roquiah sakhawat hossain at Pairabandh, Zila Parishad Building, Takka Mosque at Latifpur (Mughal period, Mithapukur upazila), three domed Jami Mosque at Mithapukur (Mughal period), four arched Taraganj Mosque, nine domed Radhanagar (Badarganj upazila) Mosque (Mughal period), tomb of Kutub Shah at Kutubpur, Vhim Garh at Manshinghpur (Badarganj upazila), Zamindar Bari at Roypur (Pirganj upazila), remnants of the palace of Raja Nilambar at Patgram (Pirganj upazila), Hari Mandir at Chandan Hat (Gangachara upazila) and Mitha Pukur (excavated throughout the Mughal period). Historical events Mansingh, commander of Emperor Akbar, conquered part of Rangpur in 1575. Rangpur came utterly under the Mughal empire in 1686. Mughalbasa and Mughalhat of Kurigram district still bear marks of the Mughal rule in the region. During the Mughal rule Rangpur was under the sarker of Ghoraghat. Rangapur Ghoraghat has been mention in the Riyaz-us-Salatin. During the early period of the company rule fakir-sannyasi resistance and peasant rebellion were held in Rangpur. Marks of the War of Liberation Mass murder site: Dahiganj Crematory, eastern side of the river Ghagat, Balar Dighi (near cantonment), Lahirir Hat (adjacent to Badarganj Road), place adjacent to Damdama postponement bridge (Mithapukur), Sahebganj, Nandiganj, Jharuar Beel (Badarganj), Damdama Bazar, back yard of the Jhenuk Cinema Hall (Badarganj); mass grave: Damdama Bridge, Damdama Bazar (Mithapukur), Angrar suspension bridge, Madarganj Bazar (Pirganj), Nandiganj (Rangpur Sadar).