# Netrakona District, Mymensingh Division – Upazilas

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/

District · Mymensingh Division 

# Netrakona District

Netrakona District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Mymensingh Division. It had an estimated **2,405,452 people** in 2022 on 2,800 km² (about 859 per km²). Its main town is Netrakona. It is divided into 10 upazilas. 1,177 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 345 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,405,452people (2022)
- 2,800km²
- 10upazilas
- 345mapped services

## How many people live in Netrakona District?

Netrakona District had an estimated **2,405,452 people** in 2022 — 20.4% of Mymensingh Division, 25th of 64 districts. There are 1,069 women for every 1,000 men (close to the Mymensingh Division figure of 1,078). Spread over 2,800 km², that is about **859 people per km²**, 46th of 64 districts.

30.3% of people are children under 15 and 8.8% are 65 or older; the median age is about 29 years (it is 29 across Mymensingh Division). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 64 children and older people.

0–4 ****253,528**

5–9 ****255,336**

10–14 ****220,183**

15–19 ****176,240**

20–24 ****171,829**

25–29 ****171,861**

30–34 ****170,693**

35–39 ****155,969**

40–44 ****156,271**

45–49 ****134,022**

50–54 ****133,170**

55–59 ****98,537**

60–64 ****96,528**

65–69 ****72,076**

70–74 ****62,442**

75–79 ****35,935**

80+ ****40,832**

Source: [UNFPA and US Census Bureau (USCB) via OCHA HDX, population 2022 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-bgd).

## Where is Netrakona District?

Netrakona District lies in [Mymensingh Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 3 other districts: [Kishoreganj District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/kishoreganj/), [Mymensingh District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/mymensingh/) and [Sunamganj District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/sylhet/sunamganj/). By area it is the 19th largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 26.6% of [Mymensingh Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/). The centre of Netrakona District is about 136 km in a straight line from Dhaka, the capital. It is about 46 km from Mymensingh, the main town of Mymensingh Division. The centre point is at 24.8708° N, 90.8453° E.

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd).

## Things to see in and around Netrakona District

OpenStreetMap lists 9 named sights in Netrakona District: 4 monuments; 2 memorials; 2 attractions; 1 castle or fort.

- Hilaly's Palace · castle or fort
- Roailbari Fort · attraction
- খোঁজার দিঘী · attraction
- College Shahid Minar · monument
- Mahamudul Haskon Sohay · monument
- Sahid Minner · monument
- Shahid Minar · memorial
- Shahid Minar · monument
- শহীদ মিনার · memorial

Source: [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

Named attractions, museums, viewpoints, historic sites and natural features mapped in OpenStreetMap. Places of worship are not listed.

## Know before you go: Netrakona District

- Time zoneUTC+6, no daylight saving · Asia/Dhaka
- CurrencyTaka (BDT)
- Country calling code+880
- LanguagesBengali, English
- Plug typesType A, C, G, K · 220 V
- Driving sideLeft
- Postcode format4 digits (####)

### Nearest airports

- Osmany International Airport (ZYL) · Sylhet103 km
- Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport (IXA) · Agartala116 km

### Nearest railway station

Barhatta Railway Station (Barhatta), about 4.7 km from the centre.

### Daylight

Days are longest in Jun (about 13.7 hours, sunrise around 05:06) and shortest in Dec (about 10.6 hours, sunrise around 06:33, sunset around 17:09).

Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-02](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/).

Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling.

## Upazilas of Netrakona District

Upazila Area km² Localities Services 

[Atpara Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/atpara/) 194 145 12 

[Barhatta Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/barhatta/) 221 154 14 

[Durgapur Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/durgapur/) 277 27 44 

[Kalmakanda Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/kalmakanda/) 384 45 2 

[Kendua Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/kendua/) 311 263 50 

[Khaliajuri Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/khaliajuri/) 293 21 6 

[Madan Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/madan/) 226 87 61 

[Mohanganj Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/mohanganj/) 242 75 28 

[Netrakona Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/netrakona-sadar/) 335 266 116 

[Purbadhala Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/netrakona/purbadhala/) 317 203 12 

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

## Villages and localities in Netrakona District

Open gazetteers list **1,177 villages, towns and localities** in Netrakona District. The largest with a recorded population: Netrakona (79,016), Krishnapur (3,155), Kutubpur (2,107), Kalyanpur (1,950), Muslimpur (1,409) and Zaherpur (1,186). Settlements here lie between about 2 m and 23 m above sea level (median 14 m).

- Abhaipāsa
- Abhaypasha
- Agla
- Amritapur Srīmantapur
- Amtala
- Amtalā Dighir
- Anantapur
- Arambag
- Asgārua
- Asijia
- Asma
- Atharāpāta
- Atpara
- Azimpur
- Bade Dharam
- Baghmara
- Bahar Jāmāti
- Bairati
- Bairāti
- Bakaljora
- Balaishimul
- Balijura Bazar
- Ballabhpur
- Balāi Nagua
- Balāishimul
- Banda Dagharia
- Banda Jalsosh
- Banda Pāleha
- Banda Pātāli
- Bangān
- Baniagāti
- Baniajan
- Baniyagati
- Banshhali
- Bar Parulia
- Bara Bethām
- Bara Bātia
- Bara Gaon
- Bara Gāwa
- Bara Iiāspur
- Bara Kharpan
- Bara Kāilāti
- Bara Nandura
- Bara Ruhi
- Barabāri
- Baragāra Gopālpur
- Baraikāndi
- Baratala
- Barhatta
- Bari
- Bari Andhālia
- Bari Kalika
- Baribāri
- Barkhapan
- Barkot
- Barni
- Baroāri
- Barsikura
- Bartali
- Baruhāti
- Baruna
- Barāti
- Battala
- Baulām
- Bausi
- Bejgaon
- Bejgāti
- Bekhurāti
- Bekhāri Kānda Sunai
- Beltali
- Belāti
- Beri Daulatpur
- Berāil
- Besargāti
- Bethām
- Betuākānda
- Betāti
- Bhabanīpur
- Bhabānipur
- Bhabānīpur
- Bhadra
- Bhadrapāra
- Bhadua
- Bhagabatīpur
- Bhara
- Bhartoshi
- Bhatergāti
- Bhatpur
- Bhattapāra
- Bhaurtala
- Bheluatali
- Bhitargaon
- Bhubi
- Bhuiāpāra
- Bhurbhuria
- Bhādpur
- Bhājnipāra
- Bhāngānia
- Bhārera Bāniāgāti
- Bhātgaon
- Bhāti Nawāpāra
- Bhātlāra
- Bhātnibhita
- Bhātāiāpāra
- Bichipāra
- Bidyāballabn
- Bijaypur
- Bijoypur
- Bikramsri
- Bil Gujabag
- Bil Heluchia
- Bil Kāusi
- Bil Perki
- Bil Sulangi
- Bil Tārākuri
- Binna
- Binārāli
- Biprabarga
- Bir Bairāti
- Bir Chikni
- Bir Mejhāti
- Bir Pāgli
- Birmohani
- Birāmpur
- Bisauti
- Bishampur
- Bisharpāra
- Bishkakuni
- Bishnupur
- Biskākuni
- Biswanāthpur
- Biāsi
- Boālgani
- Boāli
- Brahmanjat
- Bri Bark
- Bri Chāpārkona
- Brāhman Kareha
- Budhi
- Budhpāsa
- Bābrāgāti Ekargāti
- Bāde Binna
- Bāde Kendua
- Bāde Putika
- Bāde Subandia Maugāti
- Bāde Āthārabāri
- Bāghber
- Bāghmāra
- Bāghrua
- Bāgra
- Bāgājān
- Bāhuli
- Bāhādurpur
- Bāhām
- Bāila
- Bāinja
- Bāisdhār
- Bāje Bārenga
- Bāje Dudhkura
- Bāje Āmli
- Bākaljhora
- Bākharpur
- Bākhra
- Bālia
- Bālidarun
- Bālijora
- Bālijuri
- Bāluchar
- Bāluchāra
- Bāluākhāli
- Bālāli
- Bālījuri Jaypur
- Bāmandahar
- Bāmandi
- Bāmangaon
- Bāmanjāt
- Bāmanmoha
- Bāmuni Kona
- Bāndlāl Āpiārkona
- Bāngla Dāspāra
- Bānipur
- Bāniāgaon
- Bāniājān
- Bāniākānda
- Bānsari
- Bānsāti
- Bāoidahar
- Bāon Binna
- Bāora
- Bāradhār
- Bāraghar
- Bāragharia
- Bārai Bhādera
- Bārai Tāntiar
- Bāraichira
- Bāraigaon
- Bārair Bhāgabatpur
- Bāraiura
- Bārhātta
- Bārttakona
- Bārttārgāti
- Bāsihāti
- Bāsta
- Bāsāti
- Bāsāti Kandarpa
- Bāsāura
- Bātta
- Bāttāpāra
- Bāusha
- Bāusi
- Bāusāl
- Bāyrāura
- Bīl Ghorāil
- Bīl Gobinda Chātal
- Būrijūri
- Chak Kātāmpur
- Chak Māthāng
- Chak Sādak
- Chakura
- Challis Kāhania
- Challisa
- Challisa Bairati
- Challisha
- Challisāpāra
- Chandankāndi
- Chandgāti
- Chandigarh
- Chandra Deotala
- Chandragati
- Chandrakona
- Chandrapati Khila
- Chandrapur
- Chang Naogaon
- Char Barakāsia
- Charbahuli Dādrāpāra
- Chatrakona
- Chaukidhara
- Chaumuria
- Chengdāna
- Chenggni
- Chhandhara
- Chhaydun
- Chhaygaon
- Chhayhāl
- Chhayāsi
- Chheopur
- Chhiram
- Chhochāura
- Chhota Gardi
- Chhota Gāra
- Chhota Iiāspur
- Chhota Kāilāti
- Chhota Nandura
- Chhota Pāikura
- Chhota Rāmnagar
- Chhātiargāti
- Chilimpur
- Chinārāti
- Chirang
- Chirāng
- Chitua
- Chorerbhita
- Chuchua
- Churātia
- Chāmajāni
- Chāndgaon
- Chāndpur Chāndpukhuria
- Chāndpāra
- Chāpuri
- Chāpān
- Chāpārkona
- Chāria
- Chārigatia
- Chāriār Banda
- Chārulia
- Chārālpāra
- Chāsāpāra Peājkāndi
- Chātal
- Chātta
- Daila
- Dakkhin Para
- Dakshin Bishiura
- Dakshin Bisiura
- Dakshin Bājitpur
- Dakshin Hāsanpur
- Dakshin Kājlāpota
- Dakshin Sankarpur
- Dakshin Sukhāri
- Dakshinpāra
- Daldala
- Dalpa
- Daria Kona
- Darijāgi
- Darun Bairāti
- Darun Hasānpur
- Darun Sāhata
- Dasadar
- Dashāl
- Datta Kunia
- Dattagaon
- Dattagāti
- Dattapāra
- Daulatpur
- Debdwār
- Debkānda
- Debsri
- Deodukān
- Deogaon
- Deopur
- Deopāra
- Deosālia
- Deothān
- Desīura
- Dewly
- Dewānpāra
- Dhala
- Dhala Mulgaon
- Dhalāpāra
- Dhaniāgaon
- Dhanpur
- Dhansirci (starting point)
- Dhapādahar
- Dharia
- Dhitpur
- Dhitpur Barail
- Dhobāhāla
- Dhobāpāra
- Dhobāruhi
- Dhopa Hogla
- Dhopagati
- Dhopāgāti
- Dhopāpāra
- Dhuligānti
- Dhupi Chāndiāl
- Dhupirkānda
- Dhālpur
- Dhāmrihāla
- Dhāra
- Dhārām
- Dhāwāpāra
- Dhītpur
- Digali Dipāra
- Digdair
- Digdāir
- Dighalkursa
- Dighjān
- Dighla
- Dighābalia
- Dilnagar
- Diāra
- Domkona
- Duaz
- Dudhkura
- Dudkuri
- Dugia
- Dugīa Rāmpur
- Dulchāpur
- Dulli
- Dumdi
- Dumkāndulia
- Dumnikona
- Dumura
- Durchāpur
- Durgapur
- Durgāpur
- Durgāpur Faiska
- Durgāpur Pāiska
- Durgāsram
- Duāni Dudhkura
- Dāmina
- Dāmodarbhiti
- Dānachāpuri
- Dāpunia
- Dāriāpur
- Dāuki
- Fachika
- Farangpāra
- Faridpur
- Farīdpur
- Fatehpur
- Fatepur
- Gabia Bāriāl
- Gadāikāndi
- Gagdi
- Gaglajore
- Galuha
- Ganda
- Gandharbapur
- Gandharbbapur
- Gandāber
- Gangādhar Chenti
- Ganipur
- Ganitāsram
- Gaon Kāndia
- Garadir
- Garaduba
- Garaund
- Gardi
- Garkānda
- Garma

…and 777 more.

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Netrakona District

Named natural and historic features inside Netrakona District, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

9 rivers and streams; 2 lakes.

- Balāsmora
- Bākhala River
- Dhalai River
- Kangsa Khāl
- Khārnai River
- Nanai Bīl
- Patkura River
- Piyāin River
- Saiduli River
- Someswari River
- Tengala Bīl

### Getting around

2 railway stations.

- Jāria Jhānjail
- Mohanganj

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Netrakona District and the best time to visit

In Netrakona District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (17 °C). About 2,763 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (516 mm) and the driest Dec (13 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to March**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 17 14 

Feb 21 25 

Mar 26 66 

Apr 28 251 

May 29 387 

Jun 28 509 

Jul 28 516 

Aug 28 408 

Sep 27 352 

Oct 26 206 

Nov 22 17 

Dec 18 13 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Netrakona District

Places mapped inside Netrakona District in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals30
- Banks37
- ATMs3
- Petrol pumps6
- Hotels31
- Shopping malls4
- Schools125
- Colleges and universities43
- Cinemas1
- Pharmacies18
- Restaurants32
- Police stations13
- Dental clinics2

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Quick answers

- Where is Netrakona District?In Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Netrakona District?2,405,452 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Netrakona District?About 29 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Netrakona District?About 859 people per km²
- What borders Netrakona District?Kishoreganj District, Mymensingh District and Sunamganj District
- What is there to see in Netrakona District?College Shahid Minar, Hilaly's Palace, Mahamudul Haskon Sohay, Roailbari Fort
- What time zone is Netrakona District in?UTC+6
- What currency is used in Netrakona District?Taka (BDT)
- What language is spoken in Netrakona District?Bengali, English (main languages nationally)
- How many villages are in Netrakona District?1,177 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Netrakona District?Settlements lie between 2 m and 23 m
- What is the best time to visit Netrakona District?November to March
- How many hospitals are in Netrakona District?30 mapped
- How many banks are in Netrakona District?37 mapped
- How many ATMs are in Netrakona District?3 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Netrakona District?6 mapped
- What is the P-code of Netrakona District?BD4572 (OCHA common operational dataset)