Kurigram District is in Rangpur division bounded by Cooch Bihar district of west bengal on the north, Gaibandha district on the south, Asam Province of India on the east, West Bengal of India and Rangpur and Lalmonirhat districts on the west. Main rivers are Brahmaputra, Dharla, Tista, Dudhkumar, Phulkumar, Sonaburi, Jinjiram Gangadhar, Halhali and Jalchira.
Kurigram district consists of 9 upazilas, 2 municipalities, 18 wards, 122 mahallas, 73 union parishads, 647 mouzas, 1907 villages and 14 enclaves. The upazilas are Bhurungamari, Char Rajibpur, Chilmari, Phulbari, Kurigram sadar, Nageshwari, Rajarhat, Raumari and Ulipur; the municipality is Kurigram Sadar and Ulipur.
Archaeological heritage and relics Remnants of a mosque (Mughal period, 1176 AH) at Nayarhat (Rajarhat), remnants of a mosque near Patweshwari Bazar (Mughal period), three domed mosque (Mughal period) at village Majider Par of Thanahat Union (Bhurangamari), Arabic inscription of a mosque (Hussain Shahi period, now preserved at the Rajshahi Barendra Museum), Joymoni Zamindar Bari, Naodanga Zamindar Bari and Mandir (Phulbari), Pangeshwari Mandir and remnants of the Rajbari (Rajarhat), image of Kali at Dasherhat, images of Mangal Chandi, Kamakkha Devi, Laksmi and Sattanarayan in front of the Bhetarbandh Zamindar Bari, Kali Siddheshwari Mandir (Ulipur), two canons of Panga Kingdom (preserved at the BDR Gate). |
