Barkashia Birampur Union () is a union parishad under Mohanganj Upazila of Netrokona District in northern Bangladesh
History During the rule of the Hindu rulers, the area, known in later days as the eastern part of Mymensingh district, was covered with thick forests and was ruled by Koch, Hajong and Garo people, Towards the end of the 13th century, Baisya Garo ruled over the area. In the Muslim era, around the 14th century, the area west of the Meghna River was called the Bhati region. After the ascent of the independent late medieval Sultan of the Bengal Sultanate, Alauddin Husain Shah in 1498, the Mymensingh area came under Muslim rule.’A History of Mymensingh District’ in Bengali by Kedarnath Mazumdar, published by Anandadhara Dhaka 2005
Personality Sailajaranjan Majumdar (19 July 1900 – 24 May 1992) a distinguished exponent and teacher of Rabindra Sangeet, the son of Ramanikishore and Saralasundari Majumdar, was born at Baham.Bose, Anjali (editor), 2004, Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) Vol 2, , p 337, (set) and (Vol 2).
Geography
In the Bengal District Gazetteers – Mymensingh, F.A.Sachse, ICS, described this area in 1917 as, “The general characteristic of the Mymensingh villages which lie near the hills is their extreme flatness, and there are unusually long unbroken stretches of paddy land. There are few trees, and the khals are very narrow, but extremely deep down in their beds and difficult to cross... Palm trees grow in every basti, the most useful being the cocoanut (Narikel ; Cocos nucifera).
Barkashia Birampur Union has a total area of .
The Kangsha River flows in this region.
Demographics According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Barkashia Birampur Union had 4,489 households and had a total population of 19,894 of which males numbered 9,844 and females numbered 10,048. Muslims numbered 17,434, Hindus 2,580 .
Barkashia Birampur Union had a literacy rate of 42.0%.
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