Bil Gajna is the most important and scenic place of Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district. Formed of 16 large and small bills, this Gajnar Bill lies almost in the middle of Sujanagar upazila.
The bill is extremely important for Sujanagar upazila because the economic development of this region depends to a large extent on it. Gajnar Bill is connected with all 10 unions of Sujanagar upazila. The main source of Gajnar Bill's water is the Jamuna river, and serving as the connecting link between the Jamuna river and Gajnar Bill is the "Badai Switch Gate". This switch gate is located on the Badai river at Sagarkandi village on the Bandherhat-Sujanagar road (known as the Mujib Bund).
This Bil Gajna (also known as Gaja Hasti), created by the confluence of the Atrai and Padma rivers in Sujanagar upazila, stretches across all the unions of the upazila. On the eastern side of the bill lies Raninagar union, while on the western side some villages of Manikhat union — Bonkola, Ulat, Khairan and others — touch it. On one side of Gajnar Bill lies the village of Bonkola, on one side Hatkhali union, on one side Chardulai, and on another Khairan-Gabgachi. The bill lies amid these four places.
The area of Gajnar Bill is about 12 square miles or 3,100 hectares. Altogether, the cultivable land in it (the part not flooded) is about 10 thousand hectares. Jute, onion and various kinds of paddy are grown on these lands. The bill assumes exquisite beauty in the monsoon. In the rainy season many visitors come to this place to enjoy the bill's beauty. Plenty of local fish are found in the bill. In the dry season the bill dries up. At that time IRRI paddy and plenty of onions are cultivated in this bill.
How to Get There:
From Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district, by road one can reach Bil Gajna, about 7 km east of Khairan bridge, by CNG.
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