Dhamoirhat is an Upazila of Naogaon District

Naogaon District

Naogaon is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division.-Upazilas:The district is divided into the following upazilas:*Naogaon Sadar Upazila*Manda Upazila*Niamatpur Upazila*Atrai Upazila*Raninagar Upazila...

 in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

Dhamoirhat is located at 25.1444°N 88.8611°E . It has 29661 units of house hold and total area 300.8 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

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 age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Dhamoirhat has a population of 151875. Males constitute are 51.73% of the population, and females 48.27%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 80044. Dhamoirhat has an average literacy rate of 28.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Legend

In Maahishontosh, an extraordinary long tomb is popularly known as the Tomb of Muhammad Shiran Khilji

Muhammad Shiran Khilji

-History:After the death of Bakhtiyar Khilji the Khilji noblemen of Lakhnaur appointed Shiran as the ruler of the country. Ascending to the throne he invaded armies loyal to the rebel Ali Mardan Khilji and humbled him. But Ali Mardan Khilji fled to Delhi and provoked the Sultan of Delhi to invade...

, an earlier Turkic

Turkic peoples

The Turkic peoples are peoples residing in northern, central and western Asia, southern Siberia and northwestern China and parts of eastern Europe. They speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family. They share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds...

 ruler of Bengal

Bengal

Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

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