Manikganj Travel Information for tourist is given here. Manikganj is very near to Dhaka. The only way to go there by bus or private car.
Manikganj District Information
Manikganj ( মানিকগঞ্জ ) is a district under Dhaka Division. It is in central of Bangladesh. The area is 1378.99 sq km. It was turned into a district in 1984. It consists of 1 municipality, 7 Upazilas, 65 Union Parishads, 1357 Mouzas, nine wards, 49 mahallas and 1647 villages. The name Manikganj comes from the name of Sufi Manik Sha. The city stands on the bank of Kaliganga River.Manikganj is noted for its Hazari Gur. Singer Mumtaz is from this district. Manikganj Travel is a one day package.
Border
The district is bordered and bounded by Tangail district on the north, Dhaka districts on the east, Faridpur and Dhaka districts on the south, The padma, jamuna and the districts of Pabna and Rajbari on the west
Upazilla / Thana / Sub – Districts
There are 7 Upazilas under this district. They are:
- Daulatpur
- Ghior
- Harirampur
- Manikganj Sadar
- Saturia
- Shivalaya
- Singair
Manikganj Travel Information
Shivalaya Upazila
- Ekdala Fort (Amdala)
- Katasgarh Fort
- Dhakijora Fort
- Daschira Buddhist Vihara and Stupa
- Navaratna Math (Teota)
- Teota Zamindar Bari
- Machain Mosque
- Tomb of Shah Rustam (Machain)
- Tepra Kali Mandir
- Sreebari (Tepra)
- Teota Neel-kuthi
- তেওতা নবরত্ন মঠ, শিবালয়
Singair Upazila
- Ibrahim Shah Tomb
- Fort at Fordnagar
- Neel Kuthi at Boyra
- Residence of the Datta-Guptas
- Ananda Kuthi and Mandir at Baldhara
- Sen-bari and Durga-mandap at Baldhara
- Imampara Jami Mosque at Baldhara in Paril
- Tomb of Ibrahim Shah at Baldhara in Paril
- Kalisundari Charitable Dispensary (1895)
Saturia Upazila
- Gauranga Math
- Baliati Zamindar Bari
- Dhankora Zamindar Bari
- Ramakrishna Sebasrama (1910)
- Tomb of Kalu Shah
- ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়, সাটুরিয়া
Ghior
- Panch-thubi Bauddha-vihara
- Neelkuthi at village Sreebari Baratia
- তেরশ্রী মুক্তিযোদ্ধা ফলক
Harirampur Upazila
- Lokmania Dargah (Jhitka)
- Fort of musa khan (Jatrapur)
- Jhitka Lokmania Dargah
- পোদ্দার বাড়ী, হরিরামপুর
Mmanikganj Sadar
- কবিরাজবাড়ী, মানিকগঞ্জ সদর
- মানিকগঞ্জের মত্তের মঠ
- শিব সিদ্ধেশ্বরী মন্দির
- মাচাইন গ্রামের ঐতিহাসিক মাজার ও পুরোনো মসজিদ
- বাঠইমুড়ী মাজার
- Manikganj Jami Mosque,
- Sree Sree Anandamayee Kalibari (1895),
- Rajani Bhaban and Jhovat Bhaban (Gangadhar Patti),
- Matta Math (1894), Narayan Sadhu Asram (1348 BS),
- Kachari (revenue office) of Ishu Babu (Hijlain),
- Sivabari Mandir,
- Neel Kuthi at Baimail
How to Reach
The place is very near to Dhaka, Saver, and Aricha. It is on Dhaka-Aricha road. It takes less than 90 minutes to reach Mankganj.
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