Jhenaidah District is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. Part of the Khulna Division, the district has an area of 1,964.77 km2 (758.60 sq mi). It is bordered by Kushtia District to the north, Jessore District and West Bengal, India to the south, Rajbari District and Magura District to the east, and Chuadanga District and West Bengal, India to the west. The largest city and headquarter of this district is Jhenaidah. At the beginning of the British rule Jhenaidah was a police outpost and was turned into a thana in 1793. It is the smallest district in Bangladesh. The Jhenaidah sub-division was established in 1862. It became a district in 1984.
Image: Payra chattar, jhenaidah
Image: Jhenaidah Nun Gola Moshjid 20Mar 14 IMG 7057
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The Khulna Division is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of 22,285 km2 (8,604 sq mi) and a population of 17,416,645 at the 2022 Bangladesh census. Its headquarters and largest city is Khulna city in Khulna District.
Shakib Al Hasan
General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, 17th Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army
Firoz Mahmud, visual artist and educator
Michael Madhusudan Dutt who was a popular 19-c. Bengali poet and a pioneer dramatist
