Natore

Natore নাটোর
District
Uttara Gano Bhaban, earlier known as Dighapatia Rajbari, is now used as the Prime Minister's local residence and office in the northern region of Bangladesh
Location of Natore in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°25′N 88°56′E / 24.41°N 88.93°E / 24.41; 88.93Coordinates: 24°25′N 88°56′E / 24.41°N 88.93°E / 24.41; 88.93
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Rajshahi Division
Area
• Total	1,900.19 km2 (733.67 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	1,706,673
• Density	900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)

Natore is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district.

At first Natore was a beel (a large water body) whose name was Chaivhanga. In 1706 Raja Ramjibon Rai established his capital here by filling the beel. Up until 1821 Natore was the central office of Rajshahi district. In 1845 Natore Mahakuma was established. Natore Municipality was established in 1869. Natore became a fullfledged district in 1984. “Indigo resistance” movements took place in this district during 1859 and 1860.

Most part of Natore district is plain land. Chalan Beel, the largest beel in Bangladesh is in part of Natore district.

Natore District (Rajshahi division) with an area of 1896.05 km², is bordered by Naogaon and Bogra districts to the north, Pabna and Kushtia districts to the south, Pabna and Sirajganj districts to the east, Rajshahi district to the west. The road distance from Natore to Dhaka is 220 kilometres. Lalpur is the lowest Average annual rainfall area of Bangladesh.

Communication facilities: Roads: pucca 236.04 km, semi pucca 35 km and mud road 1703.85; railways 64 km.

NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are BRAC, CARE, Grameen Bank, ITCL, Thengamara Mahila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) etc.

Natore was the District HQ of Rajshahi since 1769-1825. At the eve of that replacement,Natore was declared as a Subdivision; that's why Natore is the first Subdivision of Bangladesh. Natore was established as a district in 1984.

There are seven upazilas in the district:

There are eight (8) pourasavas in Natore district, 4 of them being the seat of upazilas (sub-districts). They are:

The town has a population of 72615; male 51.57%, female 48.43%; density of population is 4825.Chalkbuddhnath,Station bajar,Borgasa, Alaipur, Kanaikhali, Nichabazar, Lalbazar, Madrasamor, Bongojal are the most populated areas of Natore Town.