Tetulia (), historically spelt as Tentulia, is the northernmost region of

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

, constituting an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...

Panchagarh District Foga District () is a district of the Rangpur Division in North Bengal, Northern Bangladesh. Panchagarh is the northernmost district of Bangladesh. It lies between 26º00' and 26º38' north latitudes and between 88º19' and 88º49' east longitudes. ...

Rangpur Division Rangpur Division (; ; ) is a first-level Divisions of Bangladesh, administrative division of Bangladesh. It covers the northernmost part of the country with a population of about 18 million inhabitants within an area of . Rangpur Division shar ...

. Tetulia is geographically the northernmost tip of Bangladesh. Tetulia is notable for its

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and nor ...

. Tetulia is also notable for views of

Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', which is bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River and Jongsang La, and ...

, the third highest mountain in the world, from its plains, rivers and tea gardens.

Etymology

''Tentula'' is the Bengali word for tamarind.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of Bangladesh 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 r ...

, Tetulia Upazila had 27,908 households and a population of 125,454. 30,869 (24.61%) were under 10 years of age. Tetulia had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 47.32%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 977 females per 1000 males. 5,506 (4.39%) lived in urban areas. As of the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and a ...

, Tetulia has a population of 86760. Males constitute 51.52% of the population, and females 48.48%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 42021. Tetulia has an average literacy rate of 25.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Economy

The cultivation of tea, orange and pineapple is abundant in Tetulia. It is located on the Indian border with

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a city in the northernmost region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the Koshi Pr ...

. A group name Kazi & Kazi has already introduced tea planting. Tea gardens have been established on plain land. Stone business is also flourishing here.

Points of interest

*Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate, Rowshanpur *Banglabandha Land port *Sharial Tea Garden *Asian Highway *Tetultola, Tetulia Chourasta *Tetulia Gate

Administration

UNO: Md. Fazle Rabbi. Tetulia Upazila is divided into seven

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

s: Banglabandha, Bhajanpur, Buraburi, Devnagar, Shalbahan, Tetulia, and Tirnaihat. The union parishads are subdivided into 36 mauzas and 246 villages. The post code of Tetulia is 5030.

Transport

Tetulia is connected by roads. Nearby airport is "

Saidpur Airport Saidpur Airport () is a domestic airport located in Saidpur, Nilphamari District, Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. The airport is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh. Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Novoair, Air Astra and US-Ban ...

", which is 130 km far from the town. Several bus companies (especially Hanif Enterprise, Shyamoli Paribahan and Burimari Express) operate their services from Dhaka.

Teknaf Teknaf () is a municipality of Teknaf Upazila of Cox's Bazar District in south-eastern Bangladesh. It forms the southernmost point in mainland Bangladesh ( St. Martin's Island is the southernmost point). The name of the region comes from the Naf ...

and Tetulia are the two farthest points in the country, with about 1,004 kilometers between them.

Gallery

File:Assam 1891.jpg, Titalia, 1891 map of Assam File:BAYLEY(1838) Map of the Country between Titaleea and Dorjeling.jpg, 1838 map of country between Titaleea and Darjeeling File:1776 Rennell - Dury Wall Map of Bihar and Bengal, India - Geographicus - BaharBengal-dury-1776.jpg, Titulya, on a 1776 map by

James Rennell Major (United Kingdom), Major James Rennell (3 December 1742 – 29 March 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography. Rennell produced some of the first accurate maps of Bengal at one inch to five miles as well as a ...

References

Upazilas Upazilas of Panchagarh District {{Rangpur-geo-stub