Bagerhat; a Beautiful and Historic City in Bangladesh

Bagerhat District (Bengali: বাগেরহাট জেলা) is a district in South-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division. Now it is the 4th largest city in Bangladesh. 

Geography:

Bagerhat district has a total area of 3959.11 square kilometres. It is bounded by Gopalganj District and Narail District on the north, The Bay of Bengal on the south, Gopalganj District, Pirojpur District and Barguna District on the east and Khulna District on the west. Main rivers of the district are Panguchi, Daratana, Madhumati River, Pasur River, Haringhata, Mongla River, Baleswar, Bangra and Goshairkhali. 

Economy: 

One of the two ports of Bangaldesh, Mangla, is here. Rampal and Fakirhat, two upazilla of Bagerhat is known as Qwait of Bangladesh due to its huge production of shrimp and earning a lot of foreign exchange. 

Subdivisions: 

Bagerhat is divided into 9 upazilas, 77 union parishads, 1031 villages, 687 mouzas, 3 municipalities, 27 wards and 56 mahallas. The upazilas are: 

• Bagerhat Sadar Upazila 
• Chitalmari Upazila 
• Fakirhat Upazila 
• Kachua Upazila 
• Mollahat Upazila 
• Mongla Upazila 
• Morrelganj Upazila 
• Rampal Upazila 
• Sarankhola Upazila

Transport: 

Bagerhat is the terminus of a branch railway from Khulna on the broad gauge system of Bangladesh Railways. The best way to go to Bagerhat from Dhaka is to take a bus which takes seven to eight hours. By air you have to go to Jessore airport then take a bus to the city. The total is 370.91 km, waterways 205 km and railway 24 km. There are 5 railway stations. 

Religion: 

The district of Bagerhat consists 7815 mosques, 238 temples, 17 churches and seven tombs. The Sixty Pillar Mosque or Shat Gambuj Masjid is famous mosque. Khan Jahan Ali's tomb is the famous tombs.

Muslims are in majority having 90.3% of all the population. Hindus contribute 8.7% to the population of Bagerhat and they are second major religious community. The remaining population either belongs to Christianity or other faiths. 

Places of Interest: 

• Shait Gumbad Mosque 
• Sona Mosque 
• Khan Jahan Ali's tomb Complex 
• Khan Jahan Ali's Tank 
• Port of Mongla 
• Sundarban 
• Ghora Dighi 
• Bagerhat Government Boys School 
• Kodla Math or Ayudha Math 
• Durgapur Shiva Math 
• Shundarban Resort, Barakpur 
• Chandramahol, Ronjitpur