Geography
Netrakona District is situated in the northern part of Bangladesh, near the Himalayan border. Netrakona Sadar Upazila has an area of 340.35 km² and it is surrounded by Durgapur Upazila and Kalmakanda Upazila on the north side, Kendua Upazila and Gauripur Upazila on the south side, Barhatta Upazila and Atpara Upazila on the east side, Purbadhala Upazila on the west. There are four rivers in Netrakona: Kangsha, Dhala, Magra, and Teorkhali.
Netrakona Pouroshabha (Town of Netrakona) is a municipal town, consisting of 9 wards and 33 mahallas in an area of 13.63 km². Netrakona Pouroshabha was established in 1887 and 1st chairmen of Pourashabha Elahi Newas Khan(1876–1926). The town has a population of 53,853; male 51.22%, female 48.78%. The density of population is 3,951 per km². Literacy rate among the town people is 54.2%. Administration Netrakona Sadar thana was established in 1836 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of 13 union parishads, 306 mouzas and 344 villages.
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