Natore । নাটোর

Origin of name

Once upon a time Cholon Bill was being spread over Natore. At that time one day raja ram jibon was traveling by boat for searching suitable place for his capital. While traveling in Cholon bill by boat, he saw that a frog caught a snake.By seeing this his fellow learned personals told him that it will be his desired place. Then he ordered the boatmen- “NAO THARO”. It means stop the boat. From this word “NAO THARO” this place was named “NATOR”.
At first Natore was a bill whose name was Chaivhanga. At 1706 Raja Ramjibon Rai established his capital here by filling the bill. Up to 1821 Natore was the central office of Rajshahi district. At 1845 Natore Mahukuma was established. Natore Municipally was established at 1869. Natore became district at 1984. “Indigo resistance” movements were held in this district during 1859 to 1860.
[edit]Geography

Most part of Natore district is plain land. Chalan Beel, the largest beel in Bangladesh is in part of Natore district.
Natore District (Rajshahi division) with an area of 1896.05 km², is bordered by Naogaon and Bogra districts to the north, Pabna and Kushtia districts to the south, Pabna and Sirajganj districts to the east, Rajshahi district to the west. The road distance from Natore to Dhaka is 220 Kilometres. Lalpur is the lowest Average annual rainfall area of Bangladesh.
[edit]Infrastructure
Communication facilities: Roads: pucca 236.04 km, semi pucca 35 km and mud road 1703.85; railways 64 km.
NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are BRAC, CARE, Grameen bank, ITCL, Thengamara Mahila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) etc.
[edit]Administrative structure

[edit]Upa-Zillas
Natore was the District HQ of Rajshahi since 1769-1825. At the eve of that replacement,Natore was decleared as a Subdivision; that's why Natore is the first Subdivision of Bangladesh. Natore was established as a district in 1984.
Bagatipara is one of the most important Upa-Zillas of Natore. It is a model thana (Police Station) of Natore. Quadirabad Cantonment of Bangladesh Army(Engineering Core)is situated at Dayarampur of Bagatipara Upazilla. Kalishadanga degree collage,Dhanaidah,baraigram,natore.
[edit]Pourasavas
There are eight(8) Pourasavas(Municipalities)in Natore.They are: 1.Natore,2.Singra,3.Boraigram,4.Gurudaspur,5.Bagatipara,6.Gopalpur(Lalpur Upazilla),7.Naldanga(Natore Sadar Upazilla,8.Bonpara(Baraigram Upazilla)
[edit]Natore town
The town has a population of 72615; male 51.57%, female 48.43%; density of population is 4825.Alaipur,Kanaikhali,Nichabazar,Lalbazar are the most populated areas of Natore Town.