Jhenaidah

Jhenidah is a district in South-western 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.
Jhenidah district has 1,771,304 people as of 2011.

There are six upazilas under this district:

Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila
Maheshpur Upazila (Bengali: মহেশপুর)
Kaliganj Upazila
Kotchandpur Upazila
Shailkupa Upazila
Harinakunda Upazila

Jhenaidah Cadet College, Jhenaidah Govt Boys High School, Jhenaidah Govt Girls High School, Kanchan Nagore Model High School, Jhenaidah College, Jhenaidah govt K.C College, Shishukunjo High School and College, Govt Nurunahar Mohila College, Govt Lalon Shah College, Jhenaidah Polytechnic Institute,Richaran Tarinicharan College.Maolanabad High School e.t.c are the Educational institutions

The district is predominately Muslim, 88.07%. The next largest religion is Hinduism with 11.7%.


Print media :

Prothom Alo (National)
The Daily Kaler kantho (National)
Daily Samakal (National)
The Daily Janakantha(National)

Daily Jugantor (National)

Telecommunications

Airtel, BTCL, Bangla Link, Teletalk, Grameen Phone