Ishwardi Railway Station Photo

Economy Growth Of Pabna District

• Main occupations: Agriculture 34%, agricultural farm-hands 22.77%, wage labourer 4.46%, transport 2.18%, weavers 2.85%, commerce 13.27%, service 7.26% and others 13.21%.
• Land control: Among the peasants 29% are landless peasants, 49% small, 18% intermediate and 4% rich.
• Value of land: The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk 15500 per 0.01 acre.
• Crops: Paddy, jute, wheat, sugarcane, oil seeds, onion, garlic, betel leaf (paan), pulses.
• Extinct or nearly extinct crops: Indigo, sesame, linseed, cereals like kaaun and cheena, and orhor pulses.
• Fruits: Mango, jackfruit, banana, lychee (lichu), coconut, guava, pomelo and papaya.
• Fisheries, dairies & poultries: Dairies 1069, fisheries 88, poultry 714, hatcheries 37.
• Industries: Pakshey paper mill, sugar mill, cotton mill, jute press, edible oil mill, Square Pharmaceuticals, biscuit factory, most prominent rice industry is Purbasha Automatic Rice mills Ltd. inIshwardi and flour mill (Rouf and sons Flour Mill), ice factory, welding, saw mill, cold storage. The SQUARE group established several factories in the district, namely pharmaceuticals, spices, food, toiletries and textile, and converting the agricultural economy of Pabna to an industrial society.
• Cottage industries: Hand loom, bamboo and caneworks, blacksmith, goldsmith, potteries, woodworks and tailoring.
• Main exports: Rice, jute, betel leaf, hosiery goods, cotton, cotton fabrics.
• Active NGOs are: BRAC, CARE, ASA, Grameen Bank, Caritas, Proshika, Shomota, Thengamaara Mohila Shobuj Shongho (TMSS) and Polli Progoti, ASEAB, BOSS.

Discover Pabna

Pabna in Bangladesh (general) (region) with it's 137,888 citizens is a town in Bangladesh - about 76 mi (or 122 km) West of Dhaka, the country's capital city.

Current time in Pabna is now 04:33 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named "Asia / Dhaka" with an UTC offset of 6 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, 

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) Information

Growth Center Markets, Union Parishad Complex Bhabans, Server Station for Electoral Database Project, Hydraulic Structures for Irrigationpurpose, Road & Bridge/Culvert etc. are implementing by different projectsof LGED at this Pabna district.

List of few project’s name is given below:

1. Second Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-II)
2. Priority basis Rural Road & Hat/Bazar Infrastructure Development Project (Infra)
3. Important Rural Infrastructure Development Project on Priority Basis
4. Bhangura – Nowgaon GCM Road Development Project.
5. Construction of Housing for Landless & Under Provileged Muktijoddhas Project
6. Construction of Upazila Muktijuddho Complex Bhaban
7. Improvement of Rural Roads, bridge/culvert & other Infrastructure of Backward Upazilas (Pabna, Sirajgonj, Natore, Naogaon, Rajshahi, Nawabgonj & Bogra Districts) of Northern-Western Region.
8. Primary Education Development Project (PEDP-3)
9. Primary Education Development Project (IDB)
10. Participatory Small Scale Water Resources Sector Project

List of few important on going scheme’s name is given below:

1. Improvement of (a) Mathurapur UP - DB Gram UP road Ch: 0+110Km - 1+058Km & 2+908Km - 4+486Km Length=2.523Km  (b) Maligasa UP office - Ramchandrapur RHD road Ch: 0+000km - 0+330km, 2+130km - 4+139km, 4+455km - 5+480km & 5+980km - 8+880km Length=6.264km.
2. Construction of 211.74m Long RCC Girder bridge on Bhangura – Noagaon GCM road at Ch: 4025m
3. Construction of 211.74m Long RCC Girder bridge on Bhangura – Noagaon GCM road at Ch: 2700m.
4. Construction of 211.74m Long RCC Girder bridge on Bhangura – Noagaon GCM road at Ch: 10860m
5. Construction of 120.00m Long RCC Girder bridge on Bhangura – Noagaon GCM road at Ch: 6860m.
6. Improvement of Bhangura – Noagaon GCM road at Ch: 8950m – 9650.
7. Construction of Upazila Muktijuddho Complex  Bhaban at Chatmohar Upazila.
8. Construction of Upazila Muktijhodhha Complex Bhaban at Faridpur  Upazila.
9. Construction of Upazila Muktijuddho Complex  Bhaban at Bera Upazila.
10. Construction of Remaining work of 160.10m PC Girder Bridge on Noagaon road at Ch: 600m over Gomani River at Nowbaria Ghat.
    

Location of Pabna in Bangladesh