Gokarna, Bangladesh

Gokarna

গোকর্ণ
Gokarna গোকর্ণ
Village
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Gokarna stands on the bank of

Muslim president of the Imperial Legislative Council

in 1921. In the past, people traveled from Gokarna to

Calcutta by river.^[1]

Etymology

Gokarna means Cow's Ear. It is so named due to the ear-shaped confluence of Haral River connected with Titas River.

Geography

Gokarna (Bengali: গোকর্ণ) is a village of Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila at Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Gokarna is located at 24°08'31.7"N 91°12'19.3"E. This is the 10th Union Council of Nasirnagar Upazila.

Haors and beels

During the rainy season Haral River links with Titas River which connects with

alluvial

laid vast field and river bed becomes green Haor. Water divides in Beels like Shaapla, Balinga, Chilauri, Hasania, Tarullah, Puillya, Biduba, Hakhati, Kudal-kati, Ladra, Khujla, Haral etc. This land is called Akashi Maath or Sky Touched Land).

Each season brings different beauties in the nature that reflects in this area. Now education, health, electricity and communication have made this another modernized village in Bangladesh.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Bangladesh census, Gokarna had 1,433 households and a population of 7,218.^[2]

Administration

Gokarna Union is formed by the other village of

Jethagram

, Shochiura, Deghar, Pathanishar, Chotipara, Brahmanshashon, Nurpur, and Lahajura.

Communication

Sarail Upazila to Nasirnagar Upazila Dam Road crossed spirally the Haor and life for the villagers made easier to communicate with Brahmanbaria and Dhaka.

Education

Nawaab Syed Shamsul Huda founded this high school in his ancestral property named Gokarna Syed Waliuallah High School in 1915 which bestowed on the name of his same aged uncle Syed Waliullah.^[1]

After that it is named Gokarna Syed Waliullah High School And College.

References

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ISBN 978-0-313-33553-2
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^ "Population Census 2011: Tangail Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

External links

Bangladesh.jantareview.com http://bangladesh.jantareview.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20151004235106/http://www.lged.gov.bd/DistrictArea2.aspx?Area=UnionParishad&DistrictID=14

[Gupta2007-1] 
ISBN 978-0-313-33553-2
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[2] "Population Census 2011: Tangail Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

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v t e Brahmanbaria District
Capital: Brahmanbaria
Upazilas	Brahmanbaria Sadar Ashuganj Nasirnagar Nabinagar Sarail Kasba Akhaura Bancharampur Bijoynagar
Constituencies	Brahmanbaria-1 Brahmanbaria-2 Brahmanbaria-3 Brahmanbaria-4 Brahmanbaria-5 Brahmanbaria-6
Attractions and sites	Arifil Mosque Bariura Old Bridge Chhanamukhi Haripur Barabari Border Haat Kharampur Mazar Sharif Niaz Mohammad Stadium Port of Ashuganj
History	Isa Khan Meghna Heli Bridge Mondobhag train collision Nidarabad murder case 2013 Brahmanbaria tornado
Inhabited areas	Ashrafpur Ashuganj Champaknagar Chandi Biddyakut Fardabad Gokarna Gopinathpur Jethagram Noagaon Rasullabad Shahbazpur
Rivers	Meghna Titas
Educational institutions	Annada Government High School Bangladesh Railway Government High School Brahmanbaria Government College Brahmanbaria Medical College Champaknagar Model School And College Jamia Islamia Yunusia Kamaura Shahid Smriti High School Kuti Atal Bihari High School
Organisations	Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited Daily Brahmanbaria
Transport	Akhaura–Kulaura–Chhatak line Akhaura–Laksam–Chittagong line Kalni Express N102 N2 Parabat Express Tongi–Bhairab–Akhaura line
See also	List of people from Brahmanbaria