Agriculture
Main crops are Paddy, jute, wheat, onion, garlic, green chilly, khesari, musur and patal. Main fruits are Banana, mango, jackfruit, black berry, papaya and litchi. Extinct or nearly extinct crops are Barley, chhola, kaun, china and bhura. Other agriculture activities Dairy 312, poultry 60, fishery 2. Bhangura upazila is notable for its milk and milk products. A number of people is involved in production of milk products that include butter, chern, chhana, sweet etc. These products as well as raw materials are sent to different parts of Bangladesh. Several number of milk collection and chilling centres of different companies such as Milk Vita, BRAK, Amomilk, Akiz etc. are actively present in this upazila.
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