Pabna district
5 parliamentary seats · 9 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Pabna district
Pabna District is a district in west central Bangladesh. It is a geographically and economically important district. Its administrative capital is the eponymous Pabna town. The main five rivers of this district are: Padma, Jamuna, Baral, Atrai and Chiknai.
History
Archeologist Alexander Cunningham conjectured that the name "Pabna" might be derived from the Pundra or Poondrobordhon civilisation, whose capital was Mahasthangarh, the oldest city of Bangladesh, in neighbouring Bogra, but this hypothesis has not received general acceptance among scholars. In 1859–61, the district was one of the major areas involved in the Indigo revolt. Beginning in Yusufshahi period in 1873, the serfs resisted excessive demands of increased rents by feudal lords, They were led by the nouveau riches Banerjees and Dwijendranath Tagore, by forming an Agrarian League.
Geography
Pabna forms the south-east boundary of Rajshahi Division. Sirajganj District is on the north-east, while the Padma River, the main stream of the holy river Ganges, in the south separates it from Rajbari District and Kushtia District. The Jamuna River runs along its eastern border separating it from Manikgonj District; and on the north-west, it has a common boundary with the Natore District.
People
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Pabna District has 743,558 households and a population of 2,909,624 with an average 3.86 people per household. Among the population, 533,571 inhabitants are under 10 years of age. The population density is 1,225 people per km2.
Economy
Industries: Ishwardi EPZ; Pakshey paper mill, sugar mill, cotton mill, jute press, edible oil mill, Square Pharmaceuticals, biscuit factory. The most prominent rice industry is Purbasha Automatic Rice Mills Ltd. in Ishwardi and flour mill, ice factory, welding, saw mill, and cold storage.
Places to see
Pakshey is a popular green area and a small town. The railway colony of Paksey, divisional headquarters of Bangladesh Railway, has many old trees and is beside the river Padma and the Hardinge Bridge. An export processing zone and the newly built Lalon Shah Bridge are situated here. Idyllic Poddar Par at Shilaaidoho Ghaat is 5 km south of town's old Technical Institute, where people can enjoy a river cruise.
Source: Wikipedia, Pabna District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rivers of Pabna
- Padma River
- Ichamati River
- Baral River
- Atrai River
- Chiknai River
- Jamuna River
- Kazipur River
- Karatoya River
- Hurasgar River
- Gumany River
- Rotnai River
- Badai River
Notable people of Pabna
- Thakur Anukulchandra, guru, physician and founder of Satsang Ashram
- Selina Banu, politician
- Pramatha Chaudhuri, writer
- Prasannamoyee Devi, writer
- Priyamvada Devi, writer
- Amzad Hossain, MNA, organizer of Independence War
- Mozid Mahmud, poet and essayist
- Amiya Bhushan Majumdar, Indian novelist
- Bonde Ali Miah, poet
- Shreemati Rasasundari, 19th century writer
- Dilip Bagchi, Bengali mass singer and political activist
- Kamal Ahmed, singer, administrator
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. 5 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Pabna is a district in Rajshahi division with 5 seats in Parliament: Pabna-1 (Santhia upazila), Pabna-2 (Sujanagar and Bera upazilas), Pabna-3 (Chatmohar, Bhangura and Faridpur upazilas), Pabna-4 (Atgharia and Ishwardi upazilas) and Pabna-5 (Pabna Sadar upazila). In the 13th Parliament, of these seats Jamaat-e-Islami holds 3 and the BNP 2.
Muhammad Nazibur RahmanPabna-1, Jamaat-e-Islami
A. K. M. Selim Reza HabibPabna-2, BNP
Muhammad Ali AsgarPabna-3, Jamaat-e-Islami
Md. Abu Taleb MondolPabna-4, Jamaat-e-Islami
Md. Shamsur Rahman Simul BiswasPabna-5, BNP
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026