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Jethagram

Village in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh

Jethagram জেঠাগ্রাম
Village
Walk ways or Gopath
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	UTC+6 (BST)
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. This village is surrounded by paddy fields, ponds, deghees and jungles. Most of the people are engaged in agriculture and fisheries. Important institutions are available here such as schools, Mosque, School of Islamic science, Temple etc. Hindus and Muslims are living together 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.

Gallery

Beauty of nature
Choudhory Bari Pond

Kontor Deghee
Paddy Seedlings
Mango orchard besides paddy field
Shaheb Bari Pond
Golden paddy field
Jack-fruit
House structure of villagers

References

^ "Population Census 2011: Brahmanbaria Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2014.