Full District Information Of Munsiganj

Munsiganj is one of the districts of Dhaka Division. Today I want to give you some information about Munsiganj.

Here is the information in Brief- 

Established :- 1984

Volume :- 955 square Km

Upazella :- 6

Union :- 67

Village :- 970

Main river :- Padma, Megnum, Dholessori etc.

Historical Places :- Idrakpur Durgo, Sonakanda Durgo etc.

Now the Details-

Munshiganj Town Information: This town is the district headquarters of Munshiganj district. It consists of 9 wards and 42 mahallas.The area of the town is 14.17 sq km with a population 52071. Among the male are 51.62% and female 48.38%. Literacy rate among the town people is 49.3%.

Major Educational institutions: There are 1 primary training institute and 3 technical training centres. Beside these there are also 16 colleges, 82 high schools and many schools in this district.

Main exports: Potato, banana, paddy, pathal, jute, betel leaf, sweet pumpkin, vegetables, milk, milk food, sack, cotton yarn, copper utensil, bamboo and cane materials.

Places that you like:

Munshigonj Upazila: Idrakpur Fort (1660), Panditer vita (birth place of Atisha Dipankar Srijnan) at Bajrayogini, Baba Adam’s Mosque, Dighi of Raja Haris chandra, home stead of Raja Ballal Sena, home stead of Raja Sreenath at Rampal, Rampal Dighi, Kodal Dhoar Dighi, marble statue of Ashutosh Ganguly inside the library room of Haraganga College. And The sixth Bangladesh-China friendship bridge over the river Dhaleswari.

Sreenagar Upazila: Shyamsiddhi Math, Hasara Dargah, Sholaghar Math, Bhagyakul Rajbari, residence of Jagadis Chandra Basu at Radhikhal and Jora Math at Sonarang.
Tongibari Upazila: Kalibari, Taltala Pancha-shikhara Mahadeva Temple, Talukdarbari Mosque at Kusumpur, Tajpur Mosque, Patharghata Mosque, Kazishal Mosque, Pulghata Bridge and Panch Pir Dargah.

Sirajdikhan Upazila: A single domed mosque at Kusumpur (Talukdar-bari Mosque, Mughal period), Tajpur Mosque, Patharghata Mosque, Qazishal Mosque, Pulghata Bridge, math at village Fegnasar, math at the house of Kankata De at village Tajpur and Panchasikhar Mahadeva Mandir (temple) at Taltala.
Many Archaeological heritages are missing due to devastating erosion of river Padma.

Population Cencus Of Serajdikhan Upazila

Serajdikhan Upazila (munshiganj district) area 180.19 sq km, located in between 23°30' and 23°40' north latitudes and in between 90°15' and 90°27' east longitudes. It is bounded by keraniganj upazila on the north, lohajang and sreenagar upazilas on the south, tongibari and narayanganj sadarupazilas on the east, Sreenagar and nawabganj upazilas on the west.

Population Total 241804; male 121462, female 120342; Muslim 206086, Hindu 33930, Buddhist 1758, Christian 21 and others 9.

Water bodies Main rivers: ichamati, dhaleshwari.

Administration Serajdikhan Thana was formed in 1914 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Places of Interest, district Munshiganj

Under the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh, there are 17 districts available, and Munshiganj is one of them. Also this district is just adjacent to the Capital City Dhaka. Long time back this district was renowned as "Bikrampur" or "Vikrampur". Now a days, people of that places still feel proud to call them from "Bikrampur".

Popular locations for visit:

If you are planning to visit the Munshiganj district, you can check the "places of interest", or "must see" items from the linkn  http://icwow.blogspot.com/search/label/munshiganj. Also if you visited any other places from Munshiganj, that is not listed at my link, that case you caadd that here as comment.

How to reach:

There are several transport is available from Dhaka to Munshiganj. The best two bus services are "Nayan Paribahan" and "Dhaka Transport", both of the buses used to start from "Gulistan" of dhaka. It will cost you 30-40 taka, and will require 1 hrs to 2 hrs bus journey depending upon the road traffic. Also there are other bus service is available from "Postogola" of dhaka, one of the bus is "Gangchil" available from that area.

Also you can hire CNG auto rickshaw from the "Postogola", and it will take you 250-350 to take you at Muktarpur bridge. Remember, if you are hiring CNG, make sure who will provide the toll of the bridge. For you information, the toll fee is 20 taka. So negotiate with the driver of CNG about who will provide the toll.

So far I have visited the below listed places from Munshiganj District.

MUNSHIGANJ SADAR::
1) Idrakpur fort, near at stadium.
2) Rampal Dighi at Rampal
3) Bollal Sen's House, North of the Rampal Dighi
4) Baba Adam Mosque, vill: koshba, union: rekabi bazar, Rampal, Sadar
5) Panchasar & Dhaleswari river bank

TONGIBARI::
1) Shonarong Jora Moth, Shonarong village, Tongibari Union

SHIRAJDIKHAN::
2) Tajpur Mosque & Tajpur Santi babur barir moth
3) math at the house of Kankata De at village Tajpur
6) Math at village Fegnasar

SREENAGAR::
2) ShamShiddhir Moth, Sreenagar bazaar, Sreenagar Thana
3) Arail Beel, Shamshiddhi

MAWA::
1) Mawa poddar par