Jhenaigati () is an
upazila
An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...
of
Sherpur District
Sherpur District () is a district in northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Mymensingh Division. Sherpur District was a sub-division of Jamalpur District before 1984. It was upgraded to a district on February 22, 1984 under Hussain Muhammad Ershad's ...
under the division of
Mymensingh
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,
Bangladesh
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.
Geography
Jhenaigati is located at . It has 30,113 households and a total area of 231 km
2. The upazila is bounded by the
Meghalaya
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State of India on the north,
Sherpur sadar and
Sreebardi upazila on the south,
Nalirabari upazila on the east, and Sreebardi upazila on the west. The main rivers are Shomeshwari, Maharashi and Subarnakhali.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of Bangladesh
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 r ...
, Jhenaigati Upazila had 41,117 households and a population of 160,452. 40,678 (25.35%) were under 10 years of age. Jhenaigati has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 38.7%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1017 females per 1000 males. 5,730 (3.57%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population is 5931 (3.70%), of which 3,040 are
Garo
Garo may refer to:
People and languages
* Garo people, a tribal people in India
** Garo language, the language spoken by the Garo tribe
Places
* Kingdom of Garo, a former kingdom in southern Ethiopia
* Garo, Colorado
* Garo Hills, part of the ...
, 1,414
Koch
Koch may refer to:
People
* Koch (surname), people with this surname
* Koch dynasty, a dynasty in Assam and Bengal, north east India
* Koch family
* Koch people (or Koche), an ethnic group originally from the ancient Koch kingdom in north east In ...
, 659 Barman and 818 others.
As of
2001 Bangladesh census
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, Jhenaigati upazila had a population of 1,60,554; males constituted 78791 of the population, females 76276; Muslim 146,153, Hindu 5,435, Christian 3,388 and others 91.
Administration
Jhenaigati Thana was formed in 1975 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.
Jhenaigati Upazila has a Upazila Council and seven
union councils: Kangsha, Dhanshail, Nalkura, Gouripur, Jhenaigati Sadar, Hatibandha and Malijhikanda. The union councils are subdivided into 75 mauzas and 117 villages.
office, police station, banks, and many
NGO
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s are here. Operationally important NGOs are
BRAC, Asa,
Grameen Bank
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Grameen Bank is a statutory ...
,
World Vision
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, SDS, Rangtia Satata Samchay, Rindan Samity and Didar Sangha.
Education
There are 7 colleges in the upazila. They include Alhaj Shafiuddin Ahmed College, founded in 1986, and Jhenaigati Mahila Ardasha Degree College (2002). Adarsha College (1986) is the only public one.
According to ''
Banglapedia
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'', Ahmadnagar High School, founded in 1960, Jhenaigati Pilot High School (1961), and Malijhikanda High School (1948) are notable secondary schools.
See also
*
Upazilas of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a districts of Bangladesh, district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western count ...
*
Districts of Bangladesh
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*
Divisions of Bangladesh
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References
{{Upazilas of Mymensingh Division
Upazilas of Sherpur District