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]

History

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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]

At a glance

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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%

Educational institutions

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Type Number
Colleges/Universities 2
Higher Secondary Schools 3
Technical Colleges 1
Government Primary Schools 4
Non-Government Primary Schools 3
Madrasahs 9

Religious institutions

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Type Number
Mosques 27
Temples 7
Churches 2
Graveyards 11
Crematoriums 3
Eidgah 12

Other institutions

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Type Number
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

Roads and drains

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Type Length (km)
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

Holding numbers

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Type Number
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%

Markets and utilities

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Type Number
Markets 1
Municipal Supplied Tubewells 92

Staff and Employees

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Type Number
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

Baraigram upazila chairman murder

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Sanaullah Noor Babu, the chairman of Baraigram upazila, was murdered on October 8, 2010.[3]

Sunil Gomes murder

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On June 5, 2016, Sunil Gomes was killed at his grocery store.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Community Report: Natore" (PDF). Population & Housing Census 2011. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  2. ^ a b বনপাড়া পৌরসভা. Baraigram Upazila. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  3. ^ "Boraigram upazila chairman killed". The Daily Star. 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  4. ^ "Christian murdered in latest Bangladesh attack". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

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