Bonpara is a municipality (paurashava) in Baraigram Upazila of Natore District in north-western Bangladesh. It has a total population of around 22867.
History Catholic Christian missionaries in the Bhawal region cleared the woods and founded human settlements in the late 1920s. Because of the abundance of woods, it is called Bonpara. Initially, only Christians lived in this neighborhood, but other faiths eventually moved in. At the moment, all faiths may be found here. Bonpara was incorporated as a municipality on December 31, 2002.
At a glance ParticularDetailsEstablished31/12/2002Category"B" CategoryArea6.92 sq kmNumber of Wards9Total Population22,867Male11,375Female11,492Total Voter13,853Male6,627Female6,989Literacy Rate74%Birth Registration Rate100%Sanitation Rate100%Employed26%Businessmen and Others29%Agriculturists45%Birth Rate1.67%Death Rate0.84%
Educational institutions TypeNumberColleges/Universities2Higher Secondary Schools3Technical Colleges1Government Primary Schools4Non-Government Primary Schools3Madrasahs9
Religious institutions TypeNumberMosques27Temples7Churches2Graveyards11Crematoriums3Eidgah12
Other institutions TypeNumberUpazila Parishad1Highway Thana1Police Investigation Center1Non-Government Hospitals5Charitable/Mission Hospitals1Petrol Pumps1NGOs7Telephone Exchanges1Auto Rice Mills1Chicken Feed Mills1Rice Mills26Sawmills14Shaheed Dr. Ayonul Haque Foundation1
Roads and drains TypeLength (km)RHD Roads8.4Unpaved Roads77Paved Roads6.10Semi-paved Roads10.50Total Roads102Unpaved Drains1.670Paved Drains0.330Total2.00
Holding numbers TypeNumberMunicipal Holdings4,881Government Holdings16Residential Holdings4,400Commercial Holdings445Cultivated Land Area1,384 acresUncultivated Land Area913 acresMunicipal Land Ownership:41%
Markets and utilities TypeNumberMarkets1Municipal Supplied Tubewells92
Staff and Employees TypeNumberPermanent22Temporary2Community Police3Cleaning Staff5Banks/Insurance8Christian Mission1Non-Government Markets13Residential Hotels1Ponds32River (Canal)1
Baraigram upazila chairman murder Sanaullah Noor Babu, the chairman of Baraigram upazila, was murdered on October 8, 2010.
Sunil Gomes murder On June 5, 2016, Sunil Gomes was killed at his grocery store.
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