Mohammedpur, Dolarbazar

Mohammedpur

মুহাম্মদপুর
Mohammedpur মুহাম্মদপুর
Village
	Mohammedpur
	Coordinates: 24°51′06″N 91°38′23″E / 24.8518°N 91.6396°E / 24.8518; 91.6396
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Sylhet Division
District	Sunamganj
Upazila	Chhatak
Population (2011)
• Total	660
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)

Mohammadpur (Bengali: মুহাম্মদপুর) is a village in Dolarbazar Union of Chhatak Upazila at the North-Eastern part of Bangladesh. Mahammadpur is famous for the mazar (grave) of Rahimullah Shah, a Saint of Islam. 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 Mahammadpur to Durbin Tila in Chhatak.^{[citation needed]}

Location

Mohammadpur is situated in the south-eastern part of Chhatak Upazila, in Sunamganj District. It is 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) south of Dular Bazar and 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) west of Singerkach Bazar.

The Makunda River flows at the south-east side of Mahammadpur.^{[citation needed]}

Nearby village

East: Buraiya
West: Chelar Char
North: Alampur
South: Jahedpur

Population

As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, it had a population of 660.^[1]

Communication

Mohammadpur is located about 20.50 kilometres (12.74 mi) south of the upazila headquarters. People use Chhatak-Gobindagonj-Dolarbazar Road and Sylhet-Bishawnath-Singerkach Road for communication with Mahammadpur.

References

^ "Population & Housing Census-2011: Community Report: Sunamganj" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. p. 63.

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[1] "Population & Housing Census-2011: Community Report: Sunamganj" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. p. 63.