Jhenaidah District
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district in Khulna Division, Bangladesh
Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Khulna
- Headquarters
- Jhenaidah
- Deputy commissioner
- Monira Begum
- Total
- 1,964.77 km (758.60 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,020.91/km (2,644.14/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00 ( BST )
- Area code
- 0451
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-23
- Hdi 2023
- 0.694 , medium · 9th of 22
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Bangladesh
- Official name
- ঝিনাইদহ জেলা
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Located in
- Khulna Division
- Capital
- Jhenaidah
- Population
- 2005849
- Area
- 1964.77
- Elevation
- 8
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Shares border with
- Rajbari District
- Official website
- www.jhenaidah.gov.bd
- Image
- ঝিনাইদহ পায়রা চত্ত্বর.jpg
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- Category:Jhenaidah District
- Commons category
- Jhenaidah District
- native label
- ঝিনাইদহ জেলা
- inception
- 1984-00-00
- postal code
- ৭৩০০
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Encyclopedic overview
Jhenaidah District (Bengali: ঝিনাইদহ জেলা) is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. Part of the Khulna Division, the district has an area of 1,964.77 km (758.60 sq mi). It is bordered by Kushtia District to the north, Jessore District and West Bengal to the south, Rajbari District and Magura District to the east, and Chuadanga District and West Bengal to the west. The largest city and headquarters 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. The Jhenaidah sub-division was established in 1862. It became a district in 1984.
Geography
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