MY HOME DISTRICT : COMILLA

Comilla is located about 100 kilometers south east of Dhaka. 

It has a total area of 3085.17 square kilometers. Comilla district has 5 municipalities, 54 wards, 148 mahallas, 12 upazilas, 1 thana, 180 union parishads, 2704 mouzas and 3624 villages. 

Comilla (Town) stands on the bank of the Gumti river.

It is bounded by Burchigani and Tripura on the north, Laksham and Chauddagram on the south and Barura on the west. Major rivers passing through Comilla include Gumti and Little Feni.

A population of 168378; male 52.56%, female 47.44%. Literacy rate among the town people is 60.3%. 

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population

population

The district of Comilla consists 95.38% Muslim, 2.62% Hindu, 1.56% Christian and 0.44% Buddha people.

Religion

IslamHinduismChristianityBuddhism

Main Crops: Paddy, jute, wheat, mustard seed, brinjal. Extinct or nearly extinct crops Linseed, sesame, sweet potato, china and kaun.

Main Fruits: Mango, jackfruit, banana, coconut, palm, guava and blackberry.

Traditional Transport: Palanquin, horse carriage, bullock cart, dhuri and bhari. These means of transport are either extinct or nearly extinct.

Main Export Items: Natural gas, khaddar cloth, coconut, dry chilly, dry fish, egg, poultries and potteries.

Mineral Resources: natural gas (Bakharabad in Sreekail).

Comilla also has an Export Processing Zone (EPZ) at the east end of the town, established on the former site of an airport.

It is one of the first growing EPZ(s) in Bangladesh.Recently 2008 some occurrence by BEPZA GM , 4 Running Factory layoff.

Historical Places in Comilla

 The Comilla region was once under ancient Samatat and was joined with Tripura State.

In the suburb there exists the Commonwealth War Cemetery Memorials, Muktajuddha Museum at Mainamati Cantonment and bangladesh academy for rural development, Mainamati Museum, Comilla Cadet College at Courtbari.

Commonwealth War Cemetery Memorials

Mainamati

Shalban Bihar

ShahSuja Mosque

Conclusion

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