Panchagarh

District based database-1 (Panchagarh)

1. Title: Panchagarh, Rangpur Division (Plain Tea Daughter).

2. Historical Description: Panchagarh is the northernmost district of Bangladesh. Vitargarh, Mirgarh, Rajnagar, Hossaingarh, and Devnagar are the five averages of Panchagarh. You can go to India, Nepal, and Bhutan through the Banglabandha border. Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas can be seen from here, so it is also called the daughter of the Himalayas. At present, tea is being cultivated commercially only in this district in the plains. Panchagarh is also called the district surrounded by rivers

3. How to get there: You can take any bus from Gabtoli / Mohakhali to Panchagarh from Dhaka (Hanif, Nabil, Bablu, Keya) Non AC-750-800 Taka, AC-1000-1600 Taka

From Kamalapur / Bimanbandar station you can take Drutayan Express, Panchagarh Express and Ekta Express and reach Panchagarh station.

4. Places of interest: Vitargarh, Maharaja Dighi, newly established tea garden on flat land, Mirzapur Shahi Mosque, Banglabandha Zero Point and Land Port, Rocks Museum, Mahananda River adjacent to Tetulia Post Bungalow

5. Where to stay: Hotel Mouchak, Hotel Pritam, Hotel Rajnagar, Hotel Abhinandan, Hotel HK Palace

6. Where to eat: Mouchak Hotel, New Mouchak Hotel, Gaussia Hotel, Nurjahan Hotel.

7. Famous Foods & Vegetables / Grains: * Foods: Sidalvarta, Roasted Eggs * Vegetables / Grains: Tomatoes, Tobacco, Tea, Sugarcane

8. Famous Personality: Mohammad Sultan – Language Soldier, Barrister Jamiruddin Sarkar – (Former President and Speaker)

9. Places to see around: About 200 years old Suryapuri mango tree, Thakurgaon