Jhenaidah District

Jhenaidah (Template:Lang-bn) is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division. It is an area 1964.77 km². It is bordered by the Kushtia District to the north, to the south by Jessore District and West Bengal (India), to the east by Rajbari District and Magura District and to the west by Chuadanga District and West Bengal (India) on the west.

Geography

Annual average temperature: maximum 37.1 °C, minimum 11.2 °C; annual rainfall 1467 mm

Demographics

Jhenaidah district has 1,771,304 people as of 2011. Density of the population is 901.5 inh./km² [2011] – Change: +1.14%/year [2001 → 2011]

Administration

Administrator of Zila Porishod: Advocate Abdul Wahed Zoarder [1]

Deputy Commissioner (DC): Md. Mahbub Alam Talukdar [2]

Mayor of Municipality: Saidul Karim Mintu [3]

Subdivisions

There are six upazilas under this district:

1. Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila
2. Maheshpur Upazila (www.maheshpur.info)
3. Kaliganj Upazila
4. Kotchandpur Upazila
5. Shailkupa Upazila
6. Harinakunda Upazila

Education

• Jhenaidah Govt Boys High School
• Jhenaidah Govt Girls High School
• Jhenaidah govt K.C College
• Jhenaidah Cadet College
• Jhenaidah Kanchannagar Model High School and College
• Jhenaidah IHT
• Jhenaidah Technical School And College (JTSC)

Religion

The district is predominately Muslim, 89.6%. The next largest religion is Hinduism with 10.3%.

Notable residents

• Birshrestha Hamidur Rahman, National hero, a sepoy in Bangladesh Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War
• Abdul Hyee also known as Md.Abdul Hyee, a member of parliament, freedom fighter and commander during the Bangladesh Liberation War
• Jamal Nazrul Islam, a Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist

See also

• 2006 in Bangladesh
• Dhol Somudur
• Districts of Bangladesh

External links

• Map of Jhenaidah District
• Ahmed, Anis. "Landslides and floods kill nearly 100 in Bangladesh". www.tiscali.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-06-26.