Jibannagar () 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 Chuadanga District in

Khulna Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the seco ...

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Geography

Jibannagar is located at . It has 44,185 households and total area 199.25 km². Jibannagar Upazila has an area of 199.32 km². The main rivers located in Jibannagar are Bhairab River and Kobadak River. Jibannagar Upazila is bounded by Chuadanga Sadar Upazila on the north, Kotchandpur Upazila in Jhenaidah District, on the east, Maheshpur Upazila in Jhenaidah District, on the south, and Hanskhali CD Block in Nadia District,

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, on the west.

Demographics

As of 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 ...

, Jibannagar upazila had 44,185 households and a population of 179,581. 35,555 (19.80%) were under 10 years of age. Jibannagar had a literacy rate of 46.14%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000 males. 38,152 (21.25%) of the population lived in urban areas. As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Jibannagar had a population of 125,102. Males constituted 51.32% of the population, and females made up 48.68%. This upazila's eighteen-up population was 61,511.

Administration

Jibannagar, originally a Thana, was turned into an upazila in 1983. Jibannagar Upazila is divided into Jibannagar Municipality and seven

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

s: Andulbaria, Banka, Hasadah, KDK, Raypur, Shimanto, and Uthali. The union parishads are subdivided into 76 mauzas and 82 villages. Jibannagar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 9

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Schools

*Kashipur Secondary School *Jibonnagar Thana Pilot Girls School * Monohorpur secondary School * B C K M P Secondary School * Roypur Secondary School * Hasadah Secondary School * Uthali Secondary School * Shaplakali Ideal School * Jibannagar Degree College * Jibannagar Girls' Degree College * Dhopakhali High School * Jibonnagar Thana Modal High School * Karatoa High School * Shahapur High school * Minajpur Secondary school * Rainbow Grammar School

References

{{Upazilas of Khulna Division Upazilas of Chuadanga District Chuadanga District Khulna Division

Geography

Demographics

Administration

Schools

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