Pangsha ( bn, পাংশা) is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

of Rajbari District in the Division of

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Geography

Pangsha is located at . It has 54,424 households and a total area of 414.24 km².

Demographics

According to the 1991 Bangladesh

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, Pangsha had a population of 316,752, of whom 151,566 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 51.78% of the population, and females 48.22%. Pangsha had an average literacy rate of 23.1% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%. mashhpara 23.75/89.36. Bagduli High School. Pangsha Rajbari Maurat latitude 23.47 longitude89,25

Administration

Pangsha Upazila is divided into Pangsha Municipality and ten union parishads: Babupara, Bahadurpur, Habashpur, Jashai, Kalimahar, Kasbamajhail, Machhpara, Mourat, Patta, and Sarisha. The union parishads are subdivided into 162 mauzas and 192 villages. Pangsha Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 21

mahalla is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social i ...

Notable people

*Kaushik Ali Chowdhury, Bengali essayist *

Rowshan Ali Chowdhury Mohammad Rowshan Ali Chowdhury ( bn, মোহাম্মদ রওশন আলী চৌধুরী; 18741933) was a Bengali journalist, writer, poet and politician. Early life Chowdhury was born in 1874 in the village of Maguradangi in Pan ...

, journalist

Gallery

Image:Pangsha Govt College Campus.JPG, Pangsha Govt. College Campus. Image:Pangsha Railway Station.JPG, Pangsha Railway Station. Image:Pangsha Upazila Complex.JPG, Pangsha Upazila Complex building. Image:Pangsha Monument.JPG, The 1971 war monument at Pangsha Upazila Image:Chandana River.JPG, Chandana River at Pangsha.

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