Paiyapathar is a village in Comilla District

Comilla District

The district of Comilla consists 4543 mosques, 379 temples, 98 churches, 34 Buddhist temples and six tombs.-Places of interest:Important landmarks include Kotbari, a cantonment, or military installation and Kandirpar, considered the heart of the Comilla district...

, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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. It is 114 km from Dhaka

Dhaka

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History

Paiyapathar (পৈয়াপাথর, পইয়াপাথর) is in the Muradnagar upazila

Muradnagar Upazila

Muradnagar is an Upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Muradnagar is located at . It has 72320 units of house hold and total area 339 km².hii- Market :*Ramchandrhatkhola bazar*Elliotgonj Bazar...

of Comilla. Its population is approximately 2,000. Although Paiyapathar is a village, due to modern urbanization it has most of the modern facilities available in Bangladesh. Paiyapathar is part of the Companigonj region along with two other villages, Gunjor and Vinglabhari. Companigonj is renowned for its historic market area.

The name Paiyapathar is a compound of two Bengali words: paiya (meaning touched) and pathor(meaning stones), to thus mean "touched stones".

Notable people

Notable people from Paiyapathar include:

• Kamal Uddin Chairman
• Jaidol Hossian
• Mamunur Rashid
• Abu Kawsar
• Omar Faruque
• Babor Ali