Jethagram

Jethagram
জেঠাগ্রাম
Village

Walk ways or Gopath
Jethagram

Location in Bangladesh

Coordinates: 24°08′31.7″N 91°12′19.3″E / 24.142139°N 91.205361°E / 24.142139; 91.205361Coordinates: 24°08′31.7″N 91°12′19.3″E / 24.142139°N 91.205361°E / 24.142139; 91.205361
Country  Bangladesh
Division Chittagong Division
District Brahmanbaria District
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/brahmanbaria/Nasirnagar.gif

Jethagram (Bengali: জেঠাগ্রাম) is a village of Gokarna Union in Nasirnagar Upazila at Brahmanbaria District under Chittagong Division of eastern Bangladesh. Noble scholar Syed Abdul Hakim lived in this village and educated the people of locality. This is the most beautiful, calm, cool, windiest, lucid and bird chirping area. This village is surrounded by the beautiful paddy fields, ponds, deghees and jungles. Most of the people are engaged in agriculture and fisheries. Highly educated people are also lives in this area. Important institutions are available here such as School for modern education, Mosque, School of Islamic science, Temple etc. Hindus and Muslims are living together with honor and amicably in this village from log ago.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Jathagram had 822 households and a population of 4,427.[1]

Education

'Jethagram High School' is at the middle of the village following education standard under Comilla Board. 'Jethagram Primary School' and 'Jethagram Hafizia Madrasha' is at the east and educating the villagers. There are a lot of mosques helping by the common roll of Islamic education.

Etymology

Jethagram derived from 'Jetha'(Bengali: জেঠা) means uncle and 'gram'(Bengali: গ্রাম) means village in English. This village is well known for a lot of ponds. Earlier it was well known for betel leaf. Greater Jethagram included other villages - Jethagram, Shochiura, Deghar and Choarkuri.

Beauty of nature 
Choudhory Bari Pond 

References

  1. ↑ "Population Census 2011: Brahmanbaria Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 11, 2014.


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