Joypurhat district is in Rajshahi division, is bounded by Dinajpur district on the north, Naogaon districts on the south, Bogra and Gaibandha districts on the east, Bogra and Naogaon districts and Indian province of West Bengal on the west. Main rivers are little Jamuna, Tulsi Ganga and Haramati.
Joypurhat (Town) district consists of 3 municipalities, 27 wards, 5 upazilas, 32 union parishads, 719 mouzas, 74 mahallas and 898 villages. The upazilas are Joypurhat Sadar, Akkelpur, Kalai, Khetlal and Panchbibi.
Archaeological heritage and relics Remains of the palace of Raja Jaygopal, the Garuda Pillar at Bhimer Panti, Dargah of Nimai Pir.
Historical events during the anti-British Swadeshi Movement there was an abortive bomb attack on a train under the leadership of Comrade Abdul Kader Chowdhury and Mihir Mukherjee, the former was later captured and deported to the Andaman.
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