Mohammadpur () is a village in
Dolarbazar Union of
Chhatak Upazila
Chhatak () is an upazila of the Sunamganj District in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. Its headquarters are in the town in Chhatak.
Geography
Chhatak is located at . It has 43,727 households and a total area 434.76 km2.
Demographics
Accor ...
at the North-Eastern part of Bangladesh. Mahammadpur is famous for the ''
mazar
Mazar of Al-Mazar may refer to:
*Mazar (mausoleum), Muslim mausoleum or shrine
Places
* Mazar (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning shrine, grave, tomb, etc.
; Afghanistan
* Mazar, Afghanistan, village in Balkh Province
* ...
'' (grave) of Rahimullah Shah, a Saint of Islam. Safath Shah, the father of
Durbin Shah (poet and singer) also lived in this village. At the middle part of his life Safath Shah migrated from Mahammadpur to
Durbin Tila in Chhatak.
Location
Mohammadpur is situated in the south-eastern part of
Chhatak Upazila
Chhatak () is an upazila of the Sunamganj District in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh. Its headquarters are in the town in Chhatak.
Geography
Chhatak is located at . It has 43,727 households and a total area 434.76 km2.
Demographics
Accor ...
, in
Sunamganj District
Sunamganj District (), is a district located in north-eastern Bangladesh in Sylhet Division.
History
In the ancient period, Sunamganj was part of the Laur Kingdom. After the conquest of Sylhet (Kingdom of Gauiurh) in 1303 by Muslims under the sp ...
. It is south of Dular Bazar and west of Singerkach Bazar.
The
Makunda River
The Makunda River is a branch of the Surma River, Surma in Chhatak Upazila, Chhatak and Bishwanath Upazilas, Sunamganj District, Bangladesh. Many important places such as Rajagonj, Boiragi Bazar, Koro Para village, Singer Kach Bazaar, Lakeshbor, B ...
flows at the south-east side of Mahammadpur.
Nearby village
* East: Buraiya
* West: Chelar Char
* North: Alampur
* South:
Jahedpur
Jahedpur is a village in the 4th ward of Dolarbazar Union in the south-eastern part of Chhatak Upazila in the Sunamganj District of Bangladesh's Sylhet Division.
Geography
Jahedpur is situated on the southern bank of Makunda River. The village is ...
Population
As of the
2011 Bangladesh census
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...
, it had a population of 660.
Communication
Mohammadpur is located about south of the upazila headquarters. People use Chhatak-Gobindagonj-Dolarbazar Road and Sylhet-Bishawnath-Singerkach Road for communication with Mahammadpur.
See also
*
Chhatak
Chhatak (; formerly known as Chhatak Bazaar) is a town in northeastern Bangladesh, on the Surma River in Chhatak Upazila of Sunamganj District in the division of Sylhet.
References
Further reading
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*
Sunamganj
Sunamganj (, is a town in the Sylhet Division of northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquarters and largest town of Sunamganj District. It is located on the banks of the Surma River, approximately west-northwest of Sylhet, the ...
*
Sylhet
Sylhet (; ) is a Metropolis, metropolitan city in the north eastern region of Bangladesh. It serves as the administrative center for both the Sylhet District and the Sylhet Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Surma River and, as o ...
References
Villages in Chhatak Upazila
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