Boda

Boda is a town and municipality in Panchagarh District, in the Rangpur Division of northern Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquarters and urban centre of Boda Upazila, and its name is traditionally linked to the historic Bordeshwari Temple, a prominent Hindu temple of the area. Boda has a long administrative history: a police station was established there in 1797, the area belonged to Jalpaiguri district from 1869 to 1947, it passed to the Thakurgaon subdivision of Dinajpur District after the Partition of India in 1947, it became an upazila town in 1982 and it was declared a municipality (paurashava) in 2001. The municipality covers 16.46 square kilometres at about 65 metres above sea level, and the 2022 Bangladesh census counted 23,240 residents. The Karatoya River flows through the eastern part of the upazila, and the climate is humid subtropical.