Nabinagar Upazila

Nabinagar (Bengali: নবীনগর) is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chattogram, Bangladesh. Nabinagar Thana was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Nabinagar নবীনগর
Upazila
Coordinates: 23°53′N 90°59′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong
District	Brahmanbaria
Area
• Total	353.66 km2 (136.55 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	555,839
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code	3410[2]
Area code	0851[3]
Website	Official Map of Nabinagar

Geography

Nabinagar is located at 23.8833°N 90.9833°E / 23.8833; 90.9833. It has 94,871 households and a total area of 86,568 acres (353.66 km²).

Demographics

Religions in Nabinagar Upazila (2022)[4]
Religion			Percent
Islam			93.16%
Hinduism			6.83%
Other or not stated			0.01%

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Nabinagar Upazila had 94,871 households and a population of 493,518. 148,870 (30.17%) were under 10 years of age. Nabinagar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 43.64%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1144 females per 1000 males. 53,157 (10.77%) lived in urban areas.^[5]

Points of interest

• Mosque made by Alauddin Khan^[6]
• Satmora Aanada Ashram
• Shrighar Church
• Bholachnag Palpara Doyamoy mandir
• Ahammadpur Soldiers memorials
• Goni Shah Mazar Sharif Thollakandi
• Maharshi Mon Mohon Datta Monastery
• Barikhola Abdul Gofur Chisti & Shiraj Chisti Mazar
• Titusha Mazar Sharif Lohory
• MP Tila
• SantiPur Kath Bagan
• Rasulpur Natghar
• Ibrahimpur Dayami Darbar Sharif (sufiyabad)
• Titas River

Administration

Nabinagar Upazila is divided into Nabinagar Municipality and 21 union parishads: Barail, Barikandi, Biddyakut, Birgaon, Bitghar, Ibrahimpur, Junedpur, Kaitala Dakshin, Kaitala Uttar, Krishnanagar, Laur Fatehpur, Natghar, Paschim Nabinagar, Purba Nabinagar, Rasullabad, Ratanpur, Salimganj, Satmura, Shibpur, Shyamgram, Sreerampur, Shahpur, Gulpukuria and Damla. The union parishads are subdivided into 149 mauzas and 200 villages.^[5]

Nabinagar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 18 mahallas.^[5]

The current Member of Parliament is Mohammad Ebadul Karim Bulbul( Brahmanbaria-5) ^[7]

Post offices and postal codes

Source:^[8]

• Nabinagar - 3410
• Sreerampur - 3410
• Rasullabad - 3412
• Jibanganj - 3419
• Kaitala - 3417
• Laurfatehpur - 3411
• Ratanpur - 3414
• Salimganj - 3418
• Shahapur - 3415
• Shamgram - 3413
• Fandauk - 3441
• Nasirnagar - 3440
• Satmora - 3544
• Birgoan - 3400
• Krishnanagar - 3400
• Barail - 3444
• shibpur - 3400
• Brahmanhata - 3417
• Kalghara - 3413
• Ibrahimpur - 3410
• Vulachang - 3410
• Jenodpur -3410
• Gulpukuria Village Under shahpur post office

Education

There are 4 colleges, 25 high schools, 8 Madrasas, 144 government primary schools and 55 non-government primary schools. According to Banglapedia, Nabinagar Pilot High School, founded in 1896, Bidyakut Amar High School (1913), Fatehpur Kamalakanta Gurucharan High School (1913) and Kaitala Jajneshwar High School (1918) are notable secondary schools.^[9]

Notable people

• Ghulam Azam, former leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
• Khan Sarwar Murshid, sixth vice-chancellor of the University of Rajshahi
• Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui, knight and politician
• Zahirul Haque, former international footballer

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh
• Dobachil, Nabinagar Bangladesh