Map of ISD/Ishwardi Junction and Nearby Stations

How Can Reach To Pabna District to another district?

It is approximately 219 km away from Dhaka. You can reach by using both road and rail transports.

Dhaka is about five hours by road, through the Jamuna Bridge. Cities and towns of Dhaka Division, Chittagong Division and Sylhet Division are also connected though it. Kushtia District and other parts of Khulna Division and Barisal Division is connected through Lalon Shah Bridge. River crossing (ferry ghat) at Nogorbari on the Jamuna River is the old route to Dhaka and the eastern part of Bangladesh.

It requies three to four hours to cross only the Jamuna from Nogobari to Aaricha river port in Manikgonj District. Najirgonj river crossing on the Padma River connects Pabna town with neighbouring Rajbari District as well as Faridpur, Madaripur, Shariatpur and Gopalganj Districts, and Barisal Division. Pabna is also well connected to all the districts and towns of Rajshahi Division by road.

Pabna town has no rail network. Nearby railway stations are situated at Iswardi and Chatmohar Upazila. Nearby airport is at Ishwardi Upazila. Biman Bangladesh Airlines used to operate twice- weekly services to Ishwardi from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. However, no airlines is operating to and from Ishwardi at the moment.

Several Dhaka bound private bus services are available such as Pabna Express, Shyamoli, Shorkar Travels, Raja Badsha, Badol, Mohanagar, Shorkar Travels, Ishurdi Express, Night Star, Kings, Esha, Capital Service, etc. Government owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) provides bus services to Rajshahi and Bogra cities. Water transport is important as the Padma and other rivers, and Chalan Beel are situated in Pabna. In Pabna district ride by Nosimon, rickshawvan and Korimon are pleasure worthy.

Dhaka is about five hours by road, through the Jamuna Bridge. Pabna is also well connected to all the districts and towns of Rajshahi Division by road.

1. Pabna Express:
Kollyanpur Counter: BRTC Market,
Mobile: 01750-143095, 01193-086077

2. Shyamoli Paribahan:
12, South Kollyanpur, Mirpur Road, Dhaka.
Tel: 02-900331, 02-8034275.

Geo-graph Of Santhia Upazila Of Pabna District

Santhia (Bengali: সাঁথিয়া) is an Upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Santhia is located at 24.0583°N 89.5333°E . It has 46745 households and total area 331.56 km². Santhia has some forest-like areas where there are wild animals like foxes, mongooses, wild cats etc. But these woods and animals are on the verge of extinction because of hunting and slash-and-burn.

Population Census Of Pabna Sadar Upazila

Pabna Sadar (Bengali: পাবনা সদর) is an Upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Pabna Sadar had a population of 431,513, of whom 215,133 were aged 18 or over. Males constituted 51.76% of the population, and females 48.24%. Pabna Sadar had an average literacy rate of 29.1% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.

The Westermost Upazila Of Pabna District

Ishwardi (Bengali: ঈশ্বরদী, Ish-shordi, meaning "God's place") is the westernmost upazila of Pabna District in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.It is also the headquarters of western zone of Bangladesh Railway. It is the site of the planned Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant.

Chatmohar Upazila of Pabna District

Chatmohar (Bengali: চাটমোহর) is an Upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Atgharia Upazila of Pabna District

Atgharia (Bengali: আটঘোরিয়া or Aatghoriya) is an Upazila of Pabna District in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.

Bera Upazilla Details Of Pabna District

 Bera (Bengali: বেড়া) is an Upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

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Pabna Mental Hospital In Photo

History of Himaitpur Mental Hospital

Hemayetpur Mental Hospital, the only govt. mental facility in Bangladesh

Hemayetpur or Himaitpur (Bengali: হেমায়েতপুর, হিমাইতপুর) is a small village of Pabna Sadar Upazila in Pabna District of Bangladesh. It is situated on the bank of Padma river.

This is a birthplace of Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra. He initiated a spiritual movement in Bangladesh which subsequently spread to India. He preached the simplicity of life and attainment of high spiritual realization. He never advocated austerity and instead promoted the normal way of life through which self-realization could be attained. He was a great physician, educationist and social reformer, who influenced great leaders of his time.Mahatma Gandhi visited him in Himaitpur as did other leaders, to seek his views and draw inspiration for creating a new India. He had built a philanthropic organization called 'Satsang' in Himaitpur. Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra left Himaitpur and came to Deoghar, Jharkhand, India on 1 September 1946 and in 1947 the partition of India happened. The Satsang buildings of Sree Sree Thakur were taken over by the then Eastern Pakistan (now Bangladesh) government with Vested Property Act. Pabna Mental Hospital was moved into them in 1960. The entire property of Sree Sree Thakur still remains public property of Bangladesh Government till today.

Hemayetpur has the only government-run mental hospital in Bangladesh.

Many people misuse the name 'Himaitpur' as 'Hemayetpur' for people who are mentally challenged, it is because of the presence of Bangladesh's largest mental hospital in this district. This has been a long lasting tradition among Bangladeshis.

See also

• List of villages in Bangladesh

References

1. Jump up^ "Population Census 2011: Pabna Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
2. Jump up^ "Services at Pabna Mental Hospital in tatters". Prothom Alo. UNB. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
3. Jump up^ Joyce, Allison (10 October 2015). "The state of mental health care in Bangladesh - in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

Coordinates: 24.004°N 89.208°E

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, 

Tourist Spots and Places in Pabna

Pabna  is in north-western of Bangladesh. It is under Rajshahi Division. Tt was established in 1832.  The name Pabna might be derived from Pundra or Poondrobordhon civilization.

There is a 450-bed mental hospital, second oldest in Indian Subcontinent. Ishwardi is one of the important railway junctions of the North Bengal as well as in Bangladesh.  There is an airport at Iswardi which has twice weekly air services to Dhaka Airport. District’s town consists of fifteen (15) wards and thirty four (34) Mahallas. It has an area of 18.64 square kilometer. District was established in 1832. The district consists of eight (8) municipalities, 81 wards, 191 mahallas, nine (9) upazilas, 72 union parishads, 1321 mouzas and 1540 villages.

List of Top Tourist Spots / Places for Visitors

•  Agriculture Research Centre (biggest in Asia)
• Anukul Chandra Satsang Ashram
• Chalan Bil
• Chatmohor Jagannath Temple
• Chatmohar Shahi Mosque (989 AH)
• Edward University College
• Hardinge Bridge
• Hemayatpur Mental Hospital
• Ishwardi Airport
• Ishwardi Railway Junction
• Jor Bangla Mandir (eighteenth century, Pabna)
• Jagannath Mandir, Seth Kuthi (1779)
• Jorge Court Bhaban
• Jorbangla Temple

Famous Places in Pabna:

Pabna is an old district of Bangladesh. There are some places which are very much famous. As an old district, it is enriched with some excellent historical attractions.

Famous Tourist Places in Pabna:

Jorbangla Temple

Tarash Zaminder Building

Temple of Thakur Anukul Chandra

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.
    

Elected of MPs In Pabna District

History Of The War Of Liberation Of Pabna District

History of the War of Liberation An encounter was held between the freedom fighters and the Pak army on 29 March 1971 at the Telephone Exchange Compound of Pabna sadar upazila in which 22 Pak soldiers were killed. On the same day the Pak army killed 5 youths at village Madhabdi under Ishwardi upazila. On 31 March 1971, the freedom fighters resisted the Pak army at the Nagarbari Ferry Ghat of Bera upazila. On 9 April, the Pak army conducted air raids onthe Nagarbari Ferry Ghat in order to dislodge the freedom fighters whena number of innocent civilians were killed. On 19 April, a battle was fought between the freedom fighters and the Pak army at Paikarhati (meeting place' of Bera and Santhia on the Nagarbari-Bogra highway) in which 25 freedom fighters and 150 Pak soldiers were killed. On 22 May 1971, the Pak army killed 156 innocent persons at village Hadal of Faridpur upazila. They also conducted heavy plundering, set 70 houses on fire and violated women. On 30 Baishakh (Bangla month), the Pak army in collaboration with the razakars indiscriminately fired on innocent people of village Demra under Faridpur upazila killing nearly 800 persons. They also conducted plundering, violation of women and set mosques, temples, schools, madrasas and settlements on fire. On 4 Bhadra (Bangla month), the Pak army arrested 700 persons of village Gopalpur of this upazila and killed 26 of them; they also conducted heavy plundering and violation of women. On 27 Ramadan (Hijri month), the Pak army killed 8 innocent persons at village Majat and 3 persons at village Ratanpur of the upazila. In the month of October 1971 a battle was fought between the freedom fighters and the Pak army at a place on the bank of the river Chiknai near the Railway Bridge of Chatmohar upazila in which 7 freedom fighters were killed. On 27 November the Pak army in collaboration with the razakars violated women at Dhulaura Fakir Para of Nagdemra union under Santhia upazila. The Pak army captured 22 freedom fighters from this place and killed 21 of them by bayonet charge; however, one freedom fighter somehow managed to escape. On 14 December the 12th span of the hardinge bridge broke down into the river due to bombing on the bridge by the Indian Air Forces; besides, spans number 9 and 15 were also partially damaged. On 14 December the Pak army shot three freedom fighters of Sujanagar upazila dead.'

Marks of the War of Liberation Mass grave 4 (Pabna sadar, Atgharia, Bera, Santhia); Mass killing site 7 (Bera 2, Faridpur 2, Sujanagar 3), Memorial monument 5 (Chatmohar 1, Ishwardi 1, Pabna sadar 1, Santhia 2); Memorial sculpture 1 (Paikorhat in Bera).

Images for Pabna District