Jhenaidah District ( bn, ঝিনাইদহ) is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. It is a part of the

Khulna Division The Khulna Division ( bn, খুলনা বিভাগ) is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 15,563,000 at the 2011 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters and lar ...

. It has an area of . It is bordered by

Kushtia District Kushtia District ( bn, কুষ্টিয়া জেলা, pronunciation: ''kuʃʈia'') is a district in the Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh ...

to the north,

Jessore District Jessore District (Bengali: যশোর, pronounced Jaw-shore, Anglicised: Jessore), officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna Distri ...

and West Bengal, India to the south, Rajbari District and

Magura District Magura ( bn, মাগুরা) is a district in south-western Bangladesh, situated 176 kilometers from Dhaka. It is a part of Khulna Division. The main mode of transportation is by bus, and no train transport is available. Administration Magur ...

to the east, and

Chuadanga District Chuadanga ( bn, চুয়াডাঙ্গা, tʃuaɖaŋga), is a district of the western Khulna Division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian state of West Bengal to the west, Meherpur District to the northwest, Jessore District to ...

and West Bengal, India to the west. The largest city and headquarter of this district is

Jhenaidah Jhenaidah ( bn, ঝিনাইদহ) is a city in the Khulna Division of south-western Bangladesh. Jhenaidah is the headquarters of Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila and Jhenaidah District. The city has a population of about 252 thousand, making it the ...

. At the beginning of the

British rule The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was hims ...

Jhenaidah was a police outpost and was turned into a

thana Thana means "police station" in South Asian countries, and can also mean the district controlled by a police station. * Thanas of Bangladesh, former subdistricts in the administrative geography of Bangladesh; later renamed ''upazila'' * in (Briti ...

in 1793. The Jhenaidah Sub division was established in 1862 and was turned into a district in 1984.

Geography

Annual average temperature: maximum , minimum Annual rainfall:

Demographics

According to the

2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...

, Jhenaidah District had a population of 1,771,304, of which 886,402 were males and 884,902 females. Rural population was 1,491,112 (84.18%) and urban population was 280,192 (15.82%). Jhenaidah had a literacy rate of 48.40% for the population 7 years and above: 50.45% for males and 46.35% for females.

Administration

Deputy Commissioner: Soroj Kumar Nath Chairman of Zila Porishod: Kanak Kanti Das

Subdivisions

There are six

upazila An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

s under this district: #

Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila Jhenidah Sadar ( bn, ঝিনাইদহ সদর) is an upazila of Jhenaidah District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Geography Jhenidah Sadar is located at . It has a total area 467.75 km2. Demographics According to the 2011 ...

Maheshpur Upazila Maheshpur Upazila ( bn, মহেশপুর উপজেলা) is a part of Jhenaidah District in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh. Geography Maheshpur Upazila, has an area of 419.53 km2. Maheshpur Upazila has 12 unions, namely: SBK, Fot ...

# Kaliganj Upazila #

Kotchandpur Upazila Kotchandpur ( bn, কোটচাঁদপুর) is an upazila of Jhenaidah District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Geography Kotchandpur is located at . It has a total area of 165.66 km2. It is located in the south-west part of Ba ...

# Shailkupa Upazila # Harinakunda Upazila

City & towns

Jhenaidah district Jhenaidah District ( bn, ঝিনাইদহ) is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division. It has an area of . It is bordered by Kushtia District to the north, Jessore District and West Bengal, India to the ...

includes 1 municipal city

& 5 towns. All are governed by municipalities.

Education

Jhenaidah Cadet College Jhenaidah Cadet College (JCC), which is an English version military boarding school, similar to West Point Military Academy, is located in the outskirts of Jhenidah in Bangladesh. It is one of twelve cadet colleges of Bangladesh. It has depar ...

* Kotchandpur Poura Mohila College, Kotchandpur Pilot Secondary School (1899), * Naldanga Bhusan Shishu Academy * Kanchannagar Model School & College, Jhenaidah * Jhenaidah Government High School * Jhenaidah Government Girls' High School * Govt. K.C. College, Jhenaidah * Shishu Kunja School & College, Jhenaidah *

Jhenaidah Government Veterinary College Jhenaidah Government Veterinary College (JGVC) is the 9th veterinary institution in Bangladesh. It provides Doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM) degree of 5 years that includes a 4 year long academic and 1 year internship. It was established at 2 ...

* Institute Of Health Technology, Jhenaidah * Jhenaidah Technical School and College * Maheshpur High School * Maheshpur Girls' School * Joradah Secondary High School, Harinakundu * Maheshpur Government Degree College * Maheshpur Municipal Women's College * Govt. Mahtab Uddin Degree College, Kaliganj * Govt. Naldanga Bhushan Pilot secondary School, Kaliganj * Solimunnesa Girls' High School, Kaliganj * Shaheed Noor Ali College, Kaligonj * Ramnagor College, Kaligonj * Kolabazar Secondary High School, Kaliganj * Kotchandpur Govt. Model Pilot Secondary School * Kotchandpur Secondary Girls' School * Govt. K.M.H. College, Kotchandpur * Chandpara Government Primary School, Jhenaidah * Sheikh Kamal Textile Engineering College, Jhenaidah *Jhenaidah Polytechnic Institute * Government Birshestha Shahid Hamidur Rahman Degree College

Notable residents

* Abul Hasan Jashori – Islamic scholar and freedom fighter *

Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Bahar ( bn, কাজী মুতাসিম বিল্লাহ বাহার; 15 June 1933 – 15 July 2013) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, teacher, author and politician. He was the principal of Jamia Shar'iyya ...

– Islamic scholar and former professor at the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

* Abdul Hyee – a member of parliament,

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and

commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...

during the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali ...

Bagha Jatin Bagha Jatin (; ) or Baghajatin, born Jatindranath Mukherjee (); 7 December 1879 – 10 September 1915) was an Indian independence activist. He was the principal leader of the Jugantar party that was the central association of revolutionary i ...

– an Indian Bengali

revolutionary A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates a revolution. The term ''revolutionary'' can also be used as an adjective, to refer to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor. ...

against

* Birshrestha Hamidur Rahman – national hero, a

sepoy ''Sepoy'' () was the Persian-derived designation originally given to a professional Indian infantryman, traditionally armed with a musket, in the armies of the Mughal Empire. In the 18th century, the French East India Company and its ot ...

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during the

Ila Mitra Ila Mitra (; 18 October 1925 – 13 October 2002) was a communist and peasants movement organizer of the Indian subcontinent, especially in East Bengal (now Bangladesh). Early life and education Mitra's ancestors were from Bagutia village i ...

– activist, Peasants movement organizer of the

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, elected member of

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(Provincial Assembly) four times between 1962 and 1978. *

Fakir Lalon Shah Lalon ( bn, লালন; 14 October 1772 – 17 October 1890), also known as Lalon Shah, Lalon Fakir, Shahji and titled Fakir, Shah, was a prominent Bengali spiritual leader, philosopher, mystic poet and social reformer. Regarded as an icon of ...

– a prominent Bengali philosopher,

baul The Baul ( bn, বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels of mixed elements of Sufism, Vaishnavism and Tantra from Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley and Meghalaya. Bauls cons ...

saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Or ...

and

social reformer A reform movement or reformism is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or also a political system closer to the community's ideal. A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary move ...

* Golam Mostofa (poet) –

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writer and poet * Pagla Kanai – a Bengali mystic

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and philosopher *

Jamal Nazrul Islam Jamal Nazrul Islam (24 February 1939 – 16 March 2013) was a Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist. He was a professor at University of Chittagong, served as a member of the advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Tec ...

– mathematical physicist and

cosmologist Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in Latin by German philosopher ...

Abdur Rahman
Speaker at th
World Youth Forum Egypt
Representer Bangladesh in the glob. *

Zillur Rahman Mohammed Zillur Rahman (9 March 1929 – 20 March 2013) was the President of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He is the third president of Bangladesh, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur ...

educationist Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Var ...

, former vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University * Dr. Abdullah Jahangir,a former professor of Al-Hadith and Islamic studies department of

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and an international Islamic orato

Archeological heritage

*Biswabat, Bethuli *Harihar Garh, Shailkupa Upazila, Shailkupa *Shailkupa Jami Mosque, Shailkupa Upazila, Shailkupa *Ram Gopal Mandir, Shailkupa Upazila, Shailkupa *Kharer Dighi Mosque, Kaliganj *Jahajghata, Kaliganj *Sawdaghar Dighi and Mosque *Gorai Mosque, Kaliganj *Jor Bangla Mosque, Kaliganj *Galakata Dighi and Mosque, Kaliganj *Cheragdani Dighi and Mosque *Dighi of Sree Ram Raja *Tombs of Ghazi, Kalu & Champabati, Kaliganj *Dhol Samudra Dighi, Jhenaidah Sadar *Naldangha Rajbari and Mandir, Kaliganj *Manasa Mandir, Maheshpur *Krishna Balaram Dev Bigraha Mandir, Kaliganj *Neel Kuthi, Madhupur, Jhenaidah Sadar *Miyar Dalan, Jhenaidah Sadar *Noongola Mosque, Kaliganj *Monahar Mosque, Kaliganj *Pirpukur Mosque, Kaliganj *Sukur Mallik Mosque, Kaliganj *Satgachiya Mosque, Kaliganj *Tombs of Pagla Kanai, Jhenaidah Sadar *Dhannoharia Purbopara Jame Mosque (Dhannoharia, Jadabpur, Moheshpur, Jhenaidah)

References

External links

Map of Jhenaidah District
{{Authority control Districts of Bangladesh