Panchagarh

Panchagarh is a town and municipality in northern Bangladesh, in Rangpur Division, on the banks of the Karatoya River. It is the administrative headquarters of both Panchagarh District and Panchagarh Sadar Upazila and is the northernmost municipality in Bangladesh. The name is explained in two ways: that it comes from an area called Pancha Nagari in the kingdom of Pundu Nagar, or that it means five forts, after the forts of Bhitargarh, Hosaingarh, Mirgarh, Rajangarh and Devengarh. The 2022 Bangladesh census counted 57,010 people, up from 45,589 in 2011, and literacy among those aged seven and over rose from 70.31 percent in 2011 to 85.80 percent in 2022.