About Gaibandha

Gaibandha district is located in the right bank of Brahmaputra River, the northern part of Bangladesh. Once, the region was a part of Mourza, Paul, Gupta, Kamrupa and many other kingdoms at different times. Anti British movement (1921), Tebhaga Movement (1946), Fakir- Sannayse Revolt, Peasant Movement (1956) etc are the remarkable chapters of the region. According to “The geography of Bangladesh” written by Harun –Or- Rashid, we can guess that once the region was mostly watery area. The previous name of the region was “Bhabanigonj”. During the British East India Company period, Bhabaniganj subdivision under Patiladah Parganah was shifted to 12 Km west in the region King Bhirat called the grazing field named Gaibandha in 1875 due to serious erosion of Brahmaputra river. After the liberation of Bangladesh, Gaibandha subdivision was upgraded into District in 15 February 1984. The Geo position of the district is between 25˚30’ to 25˚39’ North latitudes and between 89˚12’ to 89˚42’ east longitude.

Language:
Most people of Gaibandha speak Bengali Dialects of Rangpur Region. People living in the southern portion (Shaghata and Gobindaganj) have some accent of the dialects of Bogra region. A good many people of Char areas of Jamuna speak dialects of Mymensingh region.

Land use: Total cultivable land 149475 hectares, fallow land 67565.16 hectares; single crop 20.5%, double crop 58.5% and treble crop 21%; land under irrigation 27.16%.
Land control: Among the peasants 40% are landless, 35% small, 23% intermediate and 2% rich; cultivable land per head 0.07 hectare.
Value of land: The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk 8500 per 0.01 hectare.



Fisheries, dairies, poultries Poultry 277, diary 273, fishery 245, hatchery 5, nursery 16 and artificial cattle breeding centre 2.
Communication facilities Roads: pucca 365 km, semi pucca 93 km, mud road 3684 km; waterways 64 nautical mile; railways 54 km; flood protection dam 76 km.
Traditional transport Palanquin, horse carriage, buffalo cart, bullock cart. These means of transport are either extinct or nearly extinct.
Manufactories Sugar mill 1, cotton mill 1, flour mill 4, rice mill 40, biscuit factory 8, ice factory 28, soap factory 5, chira mill 2, plastic pipe factory 1, cold storage 1, saw mill 12, welding 28, hosiery 400.
Cottage industries Total 5509; these include weaving, goldsmith, potteries, bidi, blacksmith, bamboo and cane work, tailoring, nakshi kantha, cocoon production, fishing net work, wood work.
Hats, bazars and fairs Total number of hats and bazars are 119; fairs 11.