# Nilkhet

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{{Short description|Area in Dhaka, Bangladesh}}thumb|Street shop of second hand books at Nilkhet{{Neighbourhoods of dhaka}}
{{Coord|23|44|N|90|23|E|display=title}}
'''Nilkhet''' ({{langx|bn|নীলক্ষেত}}) is a neighbourhood in [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka), the capital city of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.natunbarta.com/%e0%a6%b9%e0%a7%8b%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%aa%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%9c-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%87%e0%a6%a1-%e0%a6%9b%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%bf/2019/04/30/207058/%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%87%e0%a7%9f%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%97-%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%80%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b7%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0/ |script-title=bn:বইয়ের স্বর্গ নীলক্ষেতের গল্প |work=Natun Barta |language=bn |access-date=2 November 2019 |archive-date=2 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102020858/https://www.natunbarta.com/%e0%a6%b9%e0%a7%8b%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%aa%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%9c-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%87%e0%a6%a1-%e0%a6%9b%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%bf/2019/04/30/207058/%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%87%e0%a7%9f%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%97-%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%80%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b7%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is located between [Dhaka University](/source/Dhaka_University) to the east, [Mirpur Road](/source/Mirpur_Road) and New Market to the west, and [Elephant Road](/source/Elephant_Road) to the north.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/may/04/worries-haunt-nilkhet-vendors |title=Worries haunt Nilkhet vendors |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=3 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504123957/http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/may/04/worries-haunt-nilkhet-vendors |archive-date=4 May 2016}}</ref> The name ''Nilkhet'' (''nil'': blue or [indigo](/source/indigo), ''khet'': field) implies that the area may have been used for indigo cultivation in earlier times.

However, Nilkhet has a completely different identity today. The market has long been the center of the [second-hand](/source/second-hand) [book trade](/source/bookselling) in Dhaka.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailysangram.com/?post=274506-কী-বই-চান-নীলক্ষেতে-আসুন |script-title=bn:কী বই চান? নীলক্ষেতে আসুন! |work=The Daily Sangram |language=bn |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> It contains several dozen shops that deal in used books and magazines, especially English-language material published in the West. The Nilkhet is regularly patronized by the city's English-language readers, who go there in search of foreign books, journals and comics that are either unavailable elsewhere or only available 

new at a prohibitive price. Thousands of people regularly visit Nilkhet book stores to find out their daily necessary books.

Because of its proximity to [Dhaka University](/source/University_of_Dhaka), [Dhaka Medical College](/source/Dhaka_Medical_College_and_Hospital) and [BUET](/source/BUET), as well as several major colleges such as [Dhaka College](/source/Dhaka_College), [Eden College](/source/Eden_Girls'_College%2C_Bangladesh), [Dhaka City College](/source/Dhaka_City_College) and the [College of Home Economics](/source/College_of_Home_Economics), the Nilkhet market has also become a major source of academic material for every student of Bangladesh as it is the biggest book market in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=Abdur |date=6 April 2023 |title=Nilkhet Dhaka Book Shop & Contract Number |url=https://bdguiger.com/nilkhet-dhaka-book-shop-contract-number/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406102107/https://bdguiger.com/nilkhet-dhaka-book-shop-contract-number/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |access-date=6 April 2023 |website=BD Guiger}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://old.dhakatimes24.com/2015/08/26/80466 |script-title=bn:বইয়ের বাজার নীলক্ষেত |work=Dhaka Times |language=bn |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> [Textbooks](/source/Textbooks) of all levels (from primary to tertiary) and for all disciplines may be purchased at Nilkhet.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nilkhet Market: A realm of necessary books (video) |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/video-stories/nilkhet-book-market-realm-necessary-books-video-122152 |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=5 August 2015}}</ref> It also has many shops that provide auxiliary services for students, such as [photocopying](/source/photocopying), [word-processing](/source/word-processing), and [book-binding](/source/book-binding). "Photocopying at Nilkhet" is a common rite of passage for nearly all students of nearby universities during their undergraduate and postgraduate years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailyjagaran.com/feature/news/15623 |script-title=bn:নীলক্ষেতে পুরনো বইয়ের গন্ধ |date=20 April 2019 |website=Daily Jagaran |language=bn |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Nilkhet}}
{{URL|https://allofbd.com/listing/nilkhet-book-market/|Nilkhet Book Market details}}
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Category:Neighbourhoods in Dhaka
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