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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Atrai
| native_name = আত্রাই
| settlement_type = [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|Upazila]]
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| image_caption = Skyline of Atrai, Bangladesh
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bangladesh
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| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
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| subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajshahi Division]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Naogaon District]]
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| population_total = 193,256
| population_as_of = 2011
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| area_total_km2 = 284.41
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| leader_title = Upazila Chairman
| leader_name = Ibadur Rahman Pramanik
| leader_title1 = MP ([[Naogaon-6]])
| leader_name1 = [[Anwar Hossain Helal]]
| timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]]
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| website = [http://atrai.naogaon.gov.bd/ Official website] {{in lang|bn}}
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'''Atrai''' ({{lang-bn|আত্রাই}}) is the southernmost [[upazila]] of [[Naogaon District]], located in [[Bangladesh]]'s [[Rajshahi Division]]. It is named after its principal watercourse, the [[Atrai River]].<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite Banglapedia|author=Muhammad Muklesur Rahman|article=Atrai Upazila}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Map of Naogaon District (English) Bangladesh.svg|thumb|left|260px|Map of Naogaon District]]
Atrai has 30570 households and total area 284.41 km<sup>2</sup>. Along with the [[Atrai River]], the Nagor River, Pakar [[Beel]], Chander Beel, Kaklaban Beel are notable water bodies.

The upazula is bounded by [[Raninagar Upazila|Raninagar]] and Manda upazilas on the north, [[Natore Sadar Upazila|Natore sadar upazila]] on the south, Singra upazila on the east, [[Bagmara Upazila|Bagmara upazila]] on the west.<ref name="Banglapedia" />

==History==
[[File:Islamgati Mosque.jpg|thumb|The medieval three-domed [[Islamganthi Mosque]].]]
It is said that [[Islam Khan I]], a Mughal [[Subahdar]] of [[Bengal Subah|Bengal]], passed through Atrai (hence many villages have names such as Islampur and Islamganthi) and constructed a mosque known as the [[Islamganthi Mosque]] in the seventeenth century. Atrai later came under the [[zamindar]]i of the Mollah political family.<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Molla, Ahsan Ullah|author=Taru, Mazharul Islam}}</ref>

In 1916, Atrai was officially established as a [[thana]]. In 1968, the Mollah Azad Memorial College was founded in Atrai. During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971, a brawl emerged between the two factions in Bandaikhara on 19 September. Another encounter took place near Ghaulya and Taranagar. In a surprise attack, nine [[Pakistan Army]] ships were sunk. Its status was upgraded to [[upazila]] (sub-district) in August 1983 as part of the [[President of Bangladesh]] [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]]'s decentralisation programme.<ref name=Banglapedia/>

==Demographics==
[[File:Atrai River during monsoon.png|thumb|[[Atrai River]] during monsoon.]]
According to [[2011 Bangladesh census]], Atrai had a population of 193,256. Males constituted 49.74% of the population and females 50.26%. Muslims formed 90.66% of the population, Hindus 9.31% and others 0.03%. Atrai had a literacy rate of 45.38% for the population 7 years and above.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Naogaon.pdf |title = Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011: Zila Report – Nagaon | work= Table P01 : Household and Population by Sex and Residence, Table P05 : Population by Religion, Age group and Residence, Table P09 : Literacy of Population 7 Years & Above by Religion, Sex and Residence |publisher= Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Ministry of Planning, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh | access-date = 9 December 2018 }}</ref>

As of the [[1991 Bangladesh census]], Atrai has a population of 166978. Males constitute 50.88% of the population, and females 49.12%. The population above the age of eighteen years is 83466.

==Administration==
[[File:পতিসর রবীন্দ্র কাচারী বাড়ির প্রধান প্রবেশ ফটক.jpg|thumb|[[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s home in Patisar, Atrai.]]
Atrai Upazila is divided into eight [[Union Parishad|union parishads]]: Ashanganj, Bhonpara, Bisha, Hatkalupara, Kalikapur, Maniari, Panchupur, and Sahagola. The union parishads are subdivided into 155 mauzas and 200 villages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Naogaon.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Naogaon |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113185816/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Naogaon.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref>

Atrai Thana was formed in 1916 and it was turned into an upazila on 1 August1983.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atrai Upazila - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Atrai_Upazila |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=en.banglapedia.org |language=en}}</ref>

===Chairmen===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''List of chairmen'''
!Name
!Notes
|-
|Bithindra Nath Saha
|-
|[[Ohidur Rahman]]
|-
|Muhammad Ibadur Rahman Pramanik
|Present
|}

==Facilities==
[[File:আত্রাই নদীর প্রাকৃতিক দৃশ্য ২.jpg|thumb|View of [[Atrai River]] from Samaspara neighbourhood.]]
Atrai Upazila has hundreds of mosques. Many of the mosques are notable tourist attractions in Atrai due to their antiquity or architectural style. These include the [[Islamganthi Mosque]], Mahadighi Mosque, Qazipara Mosque and Mirpur Mosque.<ref name=Banglapedia/> The [[mazar (mausoleum)]] of Naib Ali the [[Dervish]] is situated in Sannyasbari.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atrai.naogaon.gov.bd/site/view/religious_institutes/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0|title=মাজার|language=bn|website=Atrai Upajela}}</ref>

The upazila is home to other facilities such as the Madinatul Uloom Madrasa and Lillah Boarding Orphanage in Biharipur and the Bandaikhara Madhyapara Islamia Hafizia Madrasa and Orphanage Lillah Boarding.

==Notable people==
*[[Ohidur Rahman]], politician
*[[Rabindranath Tagore]], poet and Nobel laureate who had lived here

==See also==
*[[Upazilas of Bangladesh]]
*[[Districts of Bangladesh]]
*[[Divisions of Bangladesh]]

==References==
<references/>

{{Naogaon District}}
{{Upazilas of Rajshahi Division}}

[[Category:Upazilas of Naogaon District]]

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Ajay Kumar at 09:18, 18 September 2023