Nilphamari district
4 parliamentary seats · 6 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Nilphamari district
Nilphamari District is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Rangpur Division. It is about 350 kilometers to the northwest of the capital Dhaka. It has an area of 1,580.85 square kilometres. Nilphamari is bounded by Rangpur and Lalmonirhat in east, Rangpur and Dinajpur in south, Dinajpur and Panchagarh in west, Cooch Behar of India in north. The headquarters of the district is in Nilphamari city, which is widely regarded as the industrial city of Northern Bangladesh. Saidpur which is major business center of the district also serves as connecting hub of Rangpur.
The name
About 200 years ago, the British established farms for cultivating indigo. The soil of this area was very fertile for indigo cultivation. As a result, a lot of nil kuthi and nil khamar were built here compared to the other districts. It is widely believed that the term "nil khamari" was derived from "nil khamar" by the local farmers. And then the word "Nilphamari" was derived from "Nil khamari".
History
Nilphamari was previously under the Rajshahi division. The Nilphamari subdivision was established in 1875. It was a subdivision of the Rangpur District. It was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 6 upazilas, 4 municipalities, 60 union parishads, 370 mouzas and 378 villages.
Geography
The many rivers in Nilphamari district include the Teesta, Buritista, Isamoti, Jamuneshwari, Dhum, Kumlai, Charalkata, Sorbomongola, Salki, Chikli, Chara and Deonai. There are four municipal corporations in Nilphamari district. Area of these Municipalities are Nilphamari, Saidpur, Jaldhaka and Domar, There are 60 unions, 370 mouzas and 378 villages in Nilphamari district.
People
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Nilphamari District had 505,605 households and a population of 2,092,568, of whom, 25.35% of the inhabitants lived in urban areas. 19.43% of the population was under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,353 people per km2.
Economy
Nilphamari is the main industrial centre of Rangpur Division. Apart from Uttara EPZ, Many Government and private industry situated here. Electricity has reached to almost every households. As of 2021, 100% people of this district get electricity. There are two 132/33 KV Power Grid Substation situated in Nilphamari. There is also a power plant in Saidpur of Nilphamari supplying 20 MW to National Power Grid-PGCB.
Source: Wikipedia, Nilphamari District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Places to see of Nilphamari
- The palace of Raja Harish Chandra
- Garh of Raja Dharmapal and his palace
- Three domed Jami Mosque at Bherbheri
- Tomb of Hazrat Pir Mohiuddin
- Dimla Rajbari
- Dimla Forest
- Saidpur Airport
- Saidpur BISIC Industrial Area
- Railway Workshop in Saidpur
- Uttara Export Processing Zone
- Tista Barrage
- Saidpur Christian Catholic Church
Notable people of Nilphamari
- Advocate Dabir Uddin Ahmed, language movement activist in 1952
- Shafiqul Ghani Swapan, politician and ex · minister
- Abdur Rauf, politician and former chief whip
- Ahsan Ahmed, Member of Parliament
- Asaduzzaman Noor, actor and politician
- Rathindranath Roy, folk singer
- Anisul Hoque, journalist, writer and editor
- Baby Naznin, singer
- Mustafa Kamal, 9th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Abu Shaeid, professional footballer
- Mohammed Al · Amin, professional footballer
- Dipok Roy, professional footballer
Map of the district
Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap. 4 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Nilphamari is a district in Rangpur division with 4 seats in Parliament: Nilphamari-1 (Domar and Dimla upazilas), Nilphamari-2 (Nilphamari Sadar upazila), Nilphamari-3 (Jaldhaka upazila) and Nilphamari-4 (Saidpur and Kishoreganj upazilas). In the 13th Parliament the seats are all held by Jamaat-e-Islami. In the 12th Parliament (2024), of these seats the Awami League held 2 and independents 2.
Md Abdus SattarNilphamari-1, Jamaat-e-Islami
Al Faruq Abdul LatifNilphamari-2, Jamaat-e-Islami
Obaidullah SalafiNilphamari-3, Jamaat-e-Islami
Abdul MuntakimNilphamari-4, Jamaat-e-Islami
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026