Dahagram–Angarpota

Dahagram
Ten-bed Dahagram Hospital
Dahagram
Map of Dahagram Upazila in Bangladesh
Dahagram
Dahagram (Bangladesh)
Coordinates: 26°18′1″N 88°56′43″E / 26.30028°N 88.94528°E / 26.30028; 88.94528
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
10,040

Dahagram–Angarpota is a Bangladeshi enclave in India about 200 m (660 ft) away from the border of Bangladesh. It had a population of 17,000 people in 2014. Dahagram–Angarpota was the second-largest enclave and the largest Bangladeshi enclave among historical Indo-Bangladesh enclaves, and it is the only remaining enclave left after a land swap in 2015. It is connected to mainland Bangladesh by the Tin Bigha Corridor, which is situated in Patgram Upazila of Lamonirhat district. It is surrounded by Cooch Behar district of India's West Bengal state. The Teesta river flows on its western side.

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