PABNA District Digital Map-Bangladesh |
Area/Street/Village |
Pabna Main Post Office
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Post Office : | Pabna Sadar |
Thana : | Pabna Sadar |
District : | Pabna |
Post Code : | 6600 |
About PABNA
Pabna
district was established in 1832.Pabna District is bounded by Natore
and Sirajgonj districts on the north, Rajbari and Kushtia districts on
the south, Manikgonj and Sirajgonj districts on the east, Ganges river
and Kushtia district on the west..Archeologist Cunninggham conjectured
that the name Pabna might be derived from pundra or Poondrobordhon
civilization, whose capital wasMahastangarh, the oldest city of
Bangladesh, in neighbouring Bogra. Once the present area of the Pabna
district was a part of the ancient Pundravardhana. Although established
in 1832 the contours of the district has been changed many times. The
major changes of the boundaries of the district took place in 1877 and
1881 with the major changes of the courses of the rivers Padma and
Jamuna. In the 1980s greater Pabna district was divided into two
districts: Pabna and Sirajganj. The districts consists of 9 upazilas, 8
municipalities, 81 wards, 191 mahallas, 73 union parishads, 1321 mouzas
and 1540 villages. There is a 450-bed mental hospital, second oldest in
Indian Subcontinent, only after Ranchi Mental Hospital, Jharkhand,
India. Recently government owned Pabna Medical College & Hospital
and Pabna University of Science And Technology has been set up. Mental
Hospital, Pabna and Pabna Medical College and Hospital are built on land
donated by Lord Thakur Anukulchandra at Hemayetpur. Ishwardi is one of
the important railway junctions of the North Bengal as well as in
Bangladesh. There is an airport at Iswardi which has twice weekly air
services to Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka of Hardinge Bridge
and Lalon Shah Bridge over the Padma linked Pabna with Kushtia District
as well as Khulna Division and the southern Bangladesh. Square
Farmaceutical Company is situated in Pabna Town. Paksey Paper Mill,
Pabna Sugar Mill, Iswardi EPZ is also in Pabna district. Pabna district
is famous for production of milk and various type of fruits like Lychee,
Papaya, Guava, Borai and Mango. At the end of the town there is a park
(Prosanti Bhuban Park) which attracts the tourists by its beautiful
scenery. Pabna is a potential districts in Bangladesh in all respect.
Pabna At a Glance
Area: | |
Upazila Road: | 720.05 km |
Union Road: | 738.2Km |
Village Road: |
1840.22Km VA
1501.14Km VB |
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No. of Upazila: | 9 |
No. of Union: | 73 |
No. of Pourashava: | 9 |
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