Rajbari District
Country Bangladesh
Division Dhaka Division
Government
• Member of Parliament (Rajbari 1) Kazi Keramat Ali (Bangladesh Awami League)
• Member of parliament.
kamrun nahar chowdhury member of parliament.
Mayor= Mohammad Ali chowdhury Zillul Hakim
Area
• Total 1,118.8 km2 (432.0 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total 1,049,778
• Density 940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Literacy rate
• Total 39.81%[1]
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Postal code 77000077
Website www.rajbari.gov.bd
Rajbari (Bengali: Rajbari Jela also Rajbari Zila) is a district in central Bangladesh.[1][2] It is a part of the Dhaka Division. It was named by the renowned ruler Raja Surjo Kumar Guha Roy. He established his palace or rajbari in this district.
Contents [hide]
1 Administration
1.1 Upazilas
2 Geography and climate
3 Major rivers
4 Notable people
5 Places of interest
6 References
7 See also
Administration[edit]
Upazilas[edit]
There are 5 upazilas in this district. They are:
Baliakandi Upazila
Goalandaghat Upazila
Pangsha Upazila
Kalukhali Upazila
Rajbari Sadar Upazila
Administrator of Zila Porishod: Akbar Ali Morji
Deputy Commissioner (DC):Zinat Ara
Geography and climate[edit]
Annual average temperature of this district is maximum 35.8 °C and minimum 12.6 °C. Annual rainfall is 2105 mm.
Major rivers[edit]
Padma River
Jalangi
Kumar River
Garai River (Or, Garai)
Madhumati River
Harai
Chandana
Notable people[edit]
Notable people from Rajbari district are following:
Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan (the speaker of Pakistan's Constituent Assembly)
Yakub Ali Chowdhury
Rokonuzzaman Khan Dadabhai, eminent Bangladeshi cartoonist
Kazi Motahar Hossain
Mir Mosharraf Hossain
Places of interest[edit]
Podamdi and Kurshi are also a remarkable place for Nawaabs which was originally the subedar (provincial governor) or viceroy of a subah (province) or region of the Mughal empire. It became a high title for Muslim nobles).
Rajbari is a district of natural beauty. Famous dighi (a kind of water body) Kallyan Dighi situated in Baliakandi of Islampur union. Rajbari is situated by the bank of Padma River.
