Country Bangladesh Upazila Baliakandi Upazila | Division Dhaka Division Local time Wednesday 5:00 AM | |
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District Rajbari District (Bangladesh) Time zone Bangladesh Time (UTC+6) Weather 20°C, Wind NW at 0 km/h, 69% Humidity | ||
Baliakandi is a village in Rajbari District, Bangladesh, part of Baliakandi Upazila and Baliakandi Union.
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Map of Baliakandi, Bangladesh
Non-governmental organisations operating in Baliakandi include BDAO (the Bangladesh Development Acceleration Organisation), BRAC, CCDB, ASA, World Vision, and HCCB.
Agriculture
The main crops grown in Baliakandi are paddy, wheat, jute, sugarcane, onion, garlic, betel leaf, vegetables and sweet potato. Formerly, the village also grew linseed, sesame, indigo, china, kaun, but these are rarely grown any more.
Baliakandi also produces the fruits mango, jackfruit, papaya, palm, guava, lemon, litchi, coconut, guava, and banana.
There are fisheries, hatcheries, poultry and dairy farms in Baliakandi. Some fishermen depend on the waters of the local pond, beels and river for their livelihood.