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Bonpara is a paurashava (municipal corporation) in Baraigram Upazila of Natore District in north-western Bangladesh. It has a total population of around 22867. [1] [2]
Catholic Christian missionaries in the Bhawal region cleared the woods and founded human settlements in the late 1920s. Because of the abundance of woods, it is called Bonpara. Initially, only Christians lived in this neighborhood, but other faiths eventually moved in. At the moment, all faiths may be found here. Bonpara was incorporated as a municipality on December 31, 2002.[ citation needed ]
Particular [2] | Details |
---|---|
Established | 31/12/2002 |
Category | "B" Category |
Area | 6.92 sq km |
Number of Wards | 9 |
Total Population | 22,867 |
Male | 11,375 |
Female | 11,492 |
Total Voter | 13,853 |
Male | 6,627 |
Female | 6,989 |
Literacy Rate | 74% |
Birth Registration Rate | 100% |
Sanitation Rate | 100% |
Employed | 26% |
Businessmen and Others | 29% |
Agriculturists | 45% |
Birth Rate | 1.67% |
Death Rate | 0.84% |
Type | Number |
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Colleges/Universities | 2 |
Higher Secondary Schools | 3 |
Technical Colleges | 1 |
Government Primary Schools | 4 |
Non-Government Primary Schools | 3 |
Madrasahs | 9 |
Type | Number |
---|---|
Mosques | 27 |
Temples | 7 |
Churches | 2 |
Graveyards | 11 |
Crematoriums | 3 |
Eidgah | 12 |
Type | Number |
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Upazila Parishad | 1 |
Highway Thana | 1 |
Police Investigation Center | 1 |
Non-Government Hospitals | 5 |
Charitable/Mission Hospitals | 1 |
Petrol Pumps | 1 |
NGOs | 7 |
Telephone Exchanges | 1 |
Auto Rice Mills | 1 |
Chicken Feed Mills | 1 |
Rice Mills | 26 |
Sawmills | 14 |
Shaheed Dr. Ayonul Haque Foundation | 1 |
Type | Length (km) |
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RHD Roads | 8.4 |
Unpaved Roads | 77 |
Paved Roads | 6.10 |
Semi-paved Roads | 10.50 |
Total Roads | 102 |
Unpaved Drains | 1.670 |
Paved Drains | 0.330 |
Total | 2.00 |
Type | Number |
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Municipal Holdings | 4,881 |
Government Holdings | 16 |
Residential Holdings | 4,400 |
Commercial Holdings | 445 |
Cultivated Land Area | 1,384 acres |
Uncultivated Land Area | 913 acres |
Municipal Land Ownership: | 41% |
Type | Number |
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Markets | 1 |
Municipal Supplied Tubewells | 92 |
Type | Number |
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Permanent | 22 |
Temporary | 2 |
Community Police | 3 |
Cleaning Staff | 5 |
Banks/Insurance | 8 |
Christian Mission | 1 |
Non-Government Markets | 13 |
Residential Hotels | 1 |
Ponds | 32 |
River (Canal) | 1 |
Sanaullah Noor Babu, the chairman of Baraigram upazila, was murdered on October 8, 2010. [3]
On June 5, 2016, Sunil Gomes was killed at his grocery store. [4]
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