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Mahammedpur

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Country
  
Bangladesh

District
  
Sunamganj

Time zone
  
BST (UTC+6)

Division
  
Sylhet Division

Upazila
  
Chhatak

Local time
  
Saturday 11:28 AM

Mahammedpur

Weather
  
25°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 60% Humidity

Mohammedpur is a village in Chhatak Upazila at the North-Eastern part of Bangladesh. Locally it is also known as Mamonpur. Mahammedpur is famous for the mazar (grave) of Hazrat Rahimullah Shah, a Saint of Islam. Hazrath Safath Shah, the father of Durbin Shah (Poet and Singer) also lived in this village. At the middle part of his life Safath Shah migrated from Mahammedpur to Durbin Tila in Chhatak.

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Map of Mahammedpur, Bangladesh

Location

Mahammedpur is situated in the South-Eastern part of Chhatak Upazila, in the Sunamgonj district. It is 4.5 km. to the South of Dular Bazar and 3.5 km. to the West of Singerkach Bazar. The Makunda River flows at the South-East side of Mahammedpur.

Nearby village

  • East: Buraia
  • West: Chelar Chor
  • North: Alompur
  • South: Jahedpur
  • Population

    About 1500 peoples live in Mahammedpur. 90% of the people depend on agriculture, 2% are Government employees and businessman. The rest people are abroad in the United Kingdom and in the Middle East.

    Education

    Mahammedpur Govt. Primary School is a famous School for its performance. It started its full activity on 1973. A Private School for infant namely Green Bird Kindergarten School established on 2010. The children of this village achieve their Arabic and Religious education in Mahammedpur Jame- Masque.

    Communication

    Mahammedpur is located about 20.50 km to the South of Upazila headquarter. People use Chhatak-Gobindagonj-Dularbazar Road and Sylhet-Bishawnath-Singerkach Road for communication with Mahammedpur.

    References

    Mahammedpur Wikipedia