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Kushtia District
Kushtia district, known as the capital of literature and culture, is bounded on the north-west and north by Rajshahi, Natore and Pabna districts across the Padma river, on the south by Jhenaidah district, on the west by Meherpur and Chuadanga districts and by Nadia and Murshidabad of India, and on the east by Rajbari district. Kushtia shares a 46.69-kilometre border with India.
Steeped in the memories of world poet Rabindranath Tagore, Kushtia has enriched Bangladesh in industry, literature and culture. It is also the pilgrimage of Mir Mosharraf Hossain, author of Bishad Sindhu, and of Baul emperor Lalon; the homestead and grave of lyricist, composer and poet Azizur Rahman lie in the village of Hatsh Haripur of old Kushtia. This land has been enriched by countless luminaries born here — the noted poet Dad Ali, the writer Mahmuda Khatun Siddika, Abu Jafar, writer of the song "Ei Padma Ei Meghna", former prime minister Shah Azizur Rahman, Kangal Harinath, the founding father of Kushtia's literature and culture, Pari Sundari, the heroine of the Indigo Revolt, Bagha Jatin, leader of the Swadeshi movement, engineer Kamrul Islam Siddiqui, and singers Mohammad Abdul Jabbar and Farida Parveen.
Location:
Between 23°29′–24°13′ north latitude and 88°34′–89°22′ east longitude.
Boundaries:
North — Pabna, Natore and Rajshahi districts; south — Jhenaidah and Chuadanga districts; east — Rajbari district; west — Chuadanga, Meherpur and India's West Bengal.
Area:
1,682.28 square kilometres.
Population:
1,573,992 — of them male 827,792 and female 746,108.
Municipalities (pourashava):
Five: Kushtia, Kumarkhali, Khoksa, Bheramara and Mirpur.
Literacy rate:
27.9 per cent — of them male 32.0%, female 21.7%.
Total land of Kushtia district:
168,228 hectares, of which (a) arable land 117,654 hectares and (b) irrigated land 48,725 hectares.
Main crops:
Rice, wheat, sugarcane, jute, cotton, sunflower, maize, tobacco, etc.
Major industrial establishments:
Kushtia Sugar Mills Limited, Kushtia Textile Mills Limited, Northern Jute Manufacturing Co., Renwick & Jajneswar Engineering Co., Mohini Mills Ltd (closed since 5 February 1982, from the BNP tenure of President Justice Abdus Sattar), BRB Cable Industries Ltd, MRS Industries Limited, Kiam Metal Industries Ltd, North Bengal Plastic Industries Ltd, Perfect Tobacco Co. Ltd, BATC Ltd, Nasir Tobacco Industries Ltd, Shilaidaha Dairy, East West Chemicals Ltd, Eastern Fabrics Industries Ltd, Bulbul Textile Ltd, Handloom Processing Centre, Rana Textile Ltd, Rashid Mineral Industries Ltd and Modern Textile Industries Ltd.
Roads and highways:
Paved roads — 229.8 km, semi-paved roads — 166.50 km, earthen roads — 2,205.8 km; railway — 90 km.
Main rivers:
Padma, Gorai, Hisna, Dakua, Sagarkhali, Chandana and Kaliganga.
Small industrial units:
177; rice mills — 400.
Cottage industries:
5,485.
Major projects:
Ganges–Kopotakkho Project (irrigation); one power-generation centre.
Children's parks:
Two.
Historic places:
(a) The Kuthibari of Shilaidaha, steeped in the memories of poet Rabindranath Tagore.
(b) The mazar of Baul emperor Lalon Shah at Cheuria.
(c) The homestead of the great writer Mir Mosharraf Hossain, author of Bishad Sindhu, at Lahinipara.
(d) The Shahi Mosque of Jhaudia.
(e) The Hardinge Bridge.
(f) The Gorai railway bridge.
(g) Mathuranath Press (Kangal Kuthir).
(h) The Lalon Shah Bridge.
(i) The Gorai road bridge.
Farms:
Dairy farms — 63; poultry farms — 750.
Fish hatcheries:
One government, 25 private; total production — 1,000,000 metric tons.
Large farm:
Amla agricultural farm.
Unions of Kushtia district, thana-wise:
Sadar (1) — Harinarayanpur, Ujangram, Alampur, Manohardia, Abdalpur, Jhaudia, Jagati, Ailchara, Goswami Durgapur, Patikabari, Majhampur, Hatsh Haripur, Barkhada, Jiyarkhi.
Daulatpur (2) — Ramkrishnapur, Pragpur, Mathurapur, Chilmari, Boalia, Adabaria, Khalishakundi, Aria, Philipnagar, Daulatpur, Hogalbaria, Piarpur, Maricha, Rifaitpur.
Mirpur (3) — Chithlia, Bahalbaria, Talbaria, Baruipara, Amla, Sadarpur Chhatian, Poradaha, Kursa, Malidah, Ambaria, Mirpur pourashava, Fulbaria.
Kumarkhali (4) — Jaduboyra, Panti, Chadpur, Bagulat, Sadki, Jagannathpur, Koya, Nandilalpur, Shilaidaha, Chapra, Kumarkhali pourashava.
Bheramara (5) — Bahadurpur, Bahirchar, Mokarimpur, Dharampur, Juniadah, Chadgram, Bheramara pourashava.
Khoksa (6) — Khoksa, Samaspur, Janipur, Ambari, Gopalganj, Jayantihajra, Osmanpur, Betbaria, Simulia, Khoksa pourashava.
