Ranisankail Upazila

Ranisankail Upazila

Ranisankail (Bengali: রাণীশংকৈল) is an Upazila of Thakurgaon District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.

Ranisankail Upazila (thakurgaon district) 'area 337.80 sq km, located in between 25'48' and 26'04' north latitudes and in between 88'08' and 88'21' east longitudes. It is bounded by baliadangi and thakurgaon sadar upazilas and west bengal state of India on the north, West Bengal state of India on the south, pirganj and Thakurgaon Sadar upazilas on the east, haripur 'upazila on the west.

Population Total 196134; male 101404, female 94730; Muslim 151890, Hindu 42647, Buddhist 805, Christian 14 and others 778.

Water bodies Main rivers: Kulic, nagar, Tirnai.

Administration Ranisankail Thana, now an upazila, was formed in 1837.

Geography

Ranisankail is one of the ancient area of bangle. It is located at in the North-east corner of Bangladesh. its total area of 287.59 km².It is about 480 km from Dhaka, the capital City of Bangladesh. It is bordered by Baliadangi upazila to the north, Pirganj upazila to the east, Haripur uapazila to the west, and India on its south side. The main rivers are Kulic, Nagar and Timai. Land use Total cultivable land 22405.09 hectares; fallow land 6115.74; single crop 30%, double crop 55% and treble crop 15%; cultivable land under irrigation 69%.

Demographics

At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Ranisankail had a population of 156107. Males constitute 51.67% of the population, and females 48.33%. The number of adults was 76136. Ranisankail had an average literacy rate of 25.7% (7+ years), below the national average of 32.4%.[2]

Ranisankail (Town) consists of five mouzas. The area of the town is 13.94 km2. The town has a population of 13521; male 52.09%, female 47.91%; population density per km2 970. Literacy rate among the town people is 36.9%.

Population 156107; male 51.67%, female 48.33%. Muslim 76.23%, Hindu 22.79%, Christian 0.30% and others 0.98%; ethnic nationals: Santal 537 families. Main occupations Agriculture 53.7%, agricultural laborer 28.52%, wage laborer 2.59%, commerce 6.41%, service 2.41% and others 6.37%.

Administration

Chairman: Md. Ainul Haque Master

Vice Chairman: Md. Mizanur Rahaman Master

Woman Vice Chairman: Most. Selina jahan Lita

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Md. Anamul Haque[3]

Economy

Land control - Among the peasants 3.43% are landless, 14.01% marginal, 12.78% small, 64.59% intermediate and 5.19% rich; cultivable land per head 0.13 hectare.

Places of interest

Ranisankail is not only famous for its natural beauty, but also for its ancient historical places. They are as follows: Khunia Dighi Memorial, Palace of King Tonko Nath, Ramrai Dighi (a pond covering 50 acres), Nekmord Oras mela (Fair of Nekmardon),Nekamard Hazrat Shah Nasiruddin (R) Mazar. Nekmarad Hat. Katihar Hat in Razore village (famous for Hindu shib mondir, Rash mela, Extinct Maghi Mela), Kulic river, Gorkoi Nath mondir (Temple-900 Years old), Dharmagar, Banglagar, Shidassory Pond(sida Digi, Bhandagram), Ranisonkail Pilot High School, Ancient Primary School (100 years old)Rautnagar hat etc.

Transportation

There are some highway bus services from Dhaka to Ranisankail run by companies such as AB Enterprise, Bablu Enterprise,Hanif,Rozina,Shymoli,Rahbar,AK Travels, Keya Poribahan etc. Most of them go from Shamoly, Asadgate, Gabtoli of dhaka. It takes 9–10 hours. Those buses go through Bangabandhu Jamuna bridge on the Dhaka to Thakurgaon high way road.

Administrative divisions

Ranisankail has 9 Unions/Wards, 124 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 122 villages.