# Jhenaidah District, Khulna Division – Upazilas & Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/jhenaidah/

District · Khulna Division 

# Jhenaidah District

Jhenaidah District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Khulna Division. It had an estimated **1,910,352 people** in 2022 on 1,966 km² (about 972 per km²). It is divided into 6 upazilas. 1,047 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 373 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1,910,352people (2022)
- 1,966km²
- 6upazilas
- 373mapped services

## How many people live in Jhenaidah District?

Jhenaidah District had an estimated **1,910,352 people** in 2022 — 11.8% of Khulna Division, 37th of 64 districts. There are 1,057 women for every 1,000 men (close to the Khulna Division figure of 1,061). Spread over 1,966 km², that is about **972 people per km²**, 39th of 64 districts.

22.7% of people are children under 15 and 8.5% are 65 or older; the median age is about 32 years (it is 32 across Khulna Division). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 45 children and older people.

0–4 ****137,741**

5–9 ****140,747**

10–14 ****155,381**

15–19 ****149,215**

20–24 ****157,325**

25–29 ****162,167**

30–34 ****160,197**

35–39 ****149,920**

40–44 ****137,202**

45–49 ****128,608**

50–54 ****107,582**

55–59 ****90,601**

60–64 ****71,705**

65–69 ****61,603**

70–74 ****43,578**

75–79 ****30,613**

80+ ****26,167**

Source: [UNFPA and US Census Bureau (USCB) via OCHA HDX, population 2022 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-bgd).

## Where is Jhenaidah District?

Jhenaidah District lies in [Khulna Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 5 other districts: [Chuadanga District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/chuadanga/), [Jashore District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/jashore/), [Kushtia District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/kushtia/), [Magura District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/magura/) and [Rajbari District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/rajbari/). By area it is the 34th largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 8.7% of [Khulna Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/). The centre of Jhenaidah District is about 137 km in a straight line from Dhaka, the capital. It is about 90 km from Khulna, the main town of Khulna Division. The centre point is at 23.4885° N, 89.0871° E.

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd).

## Upazilas of Jhenaidah District

Upazila Area km² Localities Services 

[Harinakundu Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/jhenaidah/harinakundu/) 229 122 15 

[Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/jhenaidah/jhenaidah-sadar/) 467 298 163 

[Kaliganj Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/jhenaidah/kaliganj/) 310 191 63 

[Kotchandpur Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/jhenaidah/kotchandpur/) 164 82 23 

[Maheshpur Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/jhenaidah/maheshpur/) 420 198 70 

[Shailkupa Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/jhenaidah/shailkupa/) 376 242 39 

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

## Villages and localities in Jhenaidah District

Open gazetteers list **1,047 villages, towns and localities** in Jhenaidah District. The largest with a recorded population: Kālīganj (45,631) and Samonta Bazar (10,000). Settlements here lie between about 6 m and 26 m above sea level (median 14 m).

- Abaipur
- Achintyanagar
- Achintyapur
- Afropampar
- Aguniāpāra
- Ahadnagar
- Alaipur
- Alamdānga
- Alangi Union Parishad
- Alisa
- Anantapur
- Andarkata
- Andulpota
- Arappur
- Arazi Gānna
- Arjuna Barai Chāra
- Arpāra
- Aruākandi
- Aswasthali
- Asānnagar
- Atlia
- Bablamathabanga
- Bad Pukuria
- Badanpur
- Baga
- Baghdānga
- Bagura
- Bahalbāria
- Bahir Rara
- Baidonga
- Baithāpāra
- Bakchua Lakshmīpur
- Baksipur
- Balarāmnagar
- Balarāmpur
- Balābāria
- Balākandar
- Bamangāchi
- Bankhirda
- Bara Bāmandaha
- Bara Bāysa
- Bara Dhopādi
- Bara Kharikhāli
- Bara Kudālia
- Bara Kāmarkunda
- Bara Kāmārkunda
- Bara Maukuri
- Bara Māndarbāria
- Bara Rāygram
- Bara Simla
- Bara Tāliān
- Barabāri
- Baraipāra
- Bardi
- Baria
- Baribāthān
- Baruipara
- Barutra
- Barābaria
- Barāt
- Basantapur
- Basuaebpur
- Batai Chāra
- Bayrātala
- Bazrapur
- Baālia
- Bebra Pākria
- Bedbari
- Begampur
- Bejpāra
- Beltala
- Belāt Doulatpur
- Benipur
- Benodpur
- Berbinni
- Berbāri
- Berāsula
- Bethuli
- Betāi
- Bezimāra
- Bhabanagar
- Bhabānipur
- Bhabānīpur
- Bhagabannagar
- Bhagobatitala
- Bhagwānnagar
- Bhairaba
- Bhakatdari
- Bharatpur
- Bharuāpāra
- Bhayna
- Bhikshākar
- Bhitsar
- Bhitābāri
- Bhogabānpur
- Bhojghāt
- Bholadānga
- Bholibhadrapur
- Bholpāra
- Bhomrādānga
- Bhuhiāpāra
- Bhulundia
- Bhupatipur
- Bhutiārganti
- Bhuāpāra
- Bhābdih
- Bhābāmpur
- Bhādalidānga
- Bhādra
- Bhālpāra
- Bhāluki
- Bhāluki Sitali
- Bhālātpur
- Bhāndāripāra
- Bhāsanpota
- Bhātai Mādhūdaha
- Bhātbāria
- Bhāter Bhātpāra
- Bhātghāra
- Bhātpāra
- Bhāturia
- Bhāyna
- Bidyādharpur
- Bijalia
- Bijaypur
- Bilbākai
- Binodpur
- Bipra Bagdia
- Bishaykhāli
- Bishnudia
- Bishnupur
- Bishtola
- Boliadong
- Bongkira
- Borai
- Borāmāra
- Boālia
- Brahmapur
- Britpāra Bākharba
- Britti Baradaha
- Britti Bāgdānga
- Britti Debirajnagar
- Brittipāra
- Bujidānga Mundia
- Bujitala
- Bujtala
- Bunāpār
- Burapāra
- Buzurg Mundia
- Byāspur
- Bādedihi
- Bādiapāra
- Bādurgāchha
- Bādālso
- Bāg Āchra
- Bāgdipāra
- Bāgdirāt
- Bāgdānga
- Bāgergāchhi
- Bāghutia
- Bāgutia
- Bāgādānga
- Bāgānmāth
- Bāhirgāchhi
- Bāhirgāchi
- Bāhādurpur
- Bājitpur
- Bākespota
- Bākharba
- Bākismat
- Bākua
- Bākulia
- Bāli
- Bālidāpāra
- Bālipota
- Bāliādpura
- Bāliādānga
- Bāliādāngi
- Bāllāghat
- Bāluhār
- Bālutar
- Bālāpāra
- Bāmandaha
- Bāmanpāra
- Bāmanāil
- Bāniābahu
- Bāniākānda Hāt
- Bānsbāria
- Bānuria
- Bāradi
- Bāraihuda
- Bāraikhāli
- Bārpha
- Bāruipara
- Bāskhali
- Bāsudebpur
- Bāthāngāchi
- Bātro
- Bāuli
- Chak Borai
- Chak Enāyetpur
- Chak Tālukkarra
- Chanchra
- Chandmāri
- Chandāli
- Chandāljāni
- Chapri
- Char Bishnudia
- Char Morandaha
- Chariya
- Charpāra
- Chatura
- Chaturpur
- Cheunia
- Chhay Khada
- Chhayail
- Chhota Ghighāti
- Chhota Kharikhāli
- Chhota Kāmārkunda
- Chhota Māndarbaria
- Chhota Simla
- Chorkol
- Chuni Bil
- Chutlia
- Chuādānga
- Chākulia
- Chāmpatala
- Chāmtāilpāra
- Chāndba
- Chānderpo
- Chāndipur
- Chāndo
- Chāndpar
- Chāndpur
- Chāndpāra
- Chāprāil
- Chārnagar
- Chātkābāria
- Dahaktila
- Dahakula
- Dahar Pukuria
- Daijuri
- Dakhalpur
- Dakshin Durgāpur
- Dakshin Manoharpur
- Dakshin Nārāyanpur
- Dakshin Rāmnagar
- Dakshin Sikārpur
- Dalhara Chandra
- Dalilpur
- Dar Gobindapur
- Daribinni
- Dariāpur
- Datiārkāti
- Daulatpur
- Dayāpur
- Dayārāmpur
- Debinagar
- Debinagar Māilmāri
- Debrājpur
- Debtaja
- Dephalbāria
- Dhala
- Dhaldhala Bil
- Dhalhara Chandra
- Dhalhara Sambhu
- Dhananjaypur
- Dhandipur
- Dharkula
- Dharmapur
- Dherakhāli
- Dhopuail
- Dhopābild
- Dhopākhola
- Dhulia
- Dhuliāpara
- Dhānharia
- Dhānwālia
- Dhāora
- Dighalgrām
- Dignagar
- Do Bila
- Dobila
- Dogāchhi
- Dohanagirat
- Dohāro
- Dolilpur
- Dora
- Dublikhāli
- Dudh Rājpur
- Dudhsar
- Dudhsara
- Dudshar
- Dudsāra
- Dulāl Mundia
- Dulālpur
- Dumurtala
- Durbākandu
- Durgāpur
- Durlabhpur
- Dādpur
- Dākātia
- Dālbhānga
- Dāmodarpur
- Dāmukdia
- Dāpna
- Dāriāpur
- Dāuti Bora
- Dāutia Chākirgāti
- East Gobindāpur
- East Gopīnāthpur
- East Mādla
- East Nārāyanpur
- Ektārpur
- Elangi
- Enayetpur
- Erenda
- Estefapur
- Faqirābād
- Faridkāti
- Farāspur
- Fatehpur
- Fayla
- Fulbāri
- Fāzilpur
- Gabla
- Gabrāpara
- Gajaria
- Gariāla
- Garsuti
- Gaurināthpur
- Gayeshpur
- Gayespur
- Geramāra
- Ghazipur
- Ghighāti
- Ghoppāra
- Ghorsal
- Ghorāgāchha
- Ghorāmāra
- Ghorāpāra Bhāturia
- Ghoshnagar
- Ghāga
- Gilābāria
- Gilāpol
- Goalbārti
- Gobindapur
- Gobindpur
- Gokulnagar
- Golaknagar
- Golimpur
- Gomrail
- Gonrāpota
- Gopalpur
- Gopinathpur
- Gopināthpur
- Goplnāthpur
- Goppāra
- Gopālpur
- Goāl Huda
- Goālkhāli
- Grām Mājdia
- Guidaha
- Gujāra Putimari
- Gunjdnagar
- Gurpāra
- Gutiāni
- Gāchh Kulchāra
- Gāngna
- Gāngutia
- Gānna
- Gārabāria
- Gārābāria
- Gārākhali Prāganj
- Habībpur
- Hakimpur
- Hanifpur
- Haradebpur
- Harara
- Hari Gohindapur
- Haridebpur
- Harihara
- Harinakundu
- Harindih
- Harinākunda
- Haripur
- Harisankarpur
- Harishpur
- Hasanhāti
- Hasilbāg
- Helāi
- Hetampur
- Hijli
- Hingarpāra
- Hirādāngo
- Hiskhali
- Huda Andarkota
- Huda Bākri
- Huda Dāuti
- Huda Gopālpur

…and 647 more.

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Jhenaidah District

Named natural and historic features inside Jhenaidah District, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

11 rivers and streams.

- Balir
- Barsi Khāl
- Bhairab River
- Bhātu Nadi
- Dakua Nadi
- Kali Nadi
- Kaputakshi River
- Khotra Nadi
- Kāli Ganga Nadī
- Maheswari Nadi
- Mara Nadi

### Getting around

3 railway stations.

- Mubarakganj Railway Station
- Sardarpur Railway Station
- Sundarpur Railway Station

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Jhenaidah District and the best time to visit

In Jhenaidah District, the warmest month is Apr (average 31 °C) and the coolest is Jan (17 °C). About 1,663 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (343 mm) and the driest Jan (8 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to March**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 17 8 

Feb 22 18 

Mar 27 35 

Apr 31 90 

May 31 197 

Jun 29 270 

Jul 29 343 

Aug 28 281 

Sep 28 229 

Oct 26 157 

Nov 22 23 

Dec 18 14 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Jhenaidah District

Places mapped inside Jhenaidah District in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals32
- Banks40
- Petrol pumps13
- Hotels13
- Shopping malls5
- Schools114
- Colleges and universities73
- Cinemas2
- Pharmacies31
- Restaurants38
- Police stations11
- Dental clinics1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Quick answers

- Where is Jhenaidah District?In Khulna Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Jhenaidah District?1,910,352 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Jhenaidah District?About 32 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Jhenaidah District?About 972 people per km²
- What borders Jhenaidah District?Chuadanga District, Jashore District, Kushtia District, Magura District and Rajbari District
- How many villages are in Jhenaidah District?1,047 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Jhenaidah District?Settlements lie between 6 m and 26 m
- What is the best time to visit Jhenaidah District?November to March
- How many hospitals are in Jhenaidah District?32 mapped
- How many banks are in Jhenaidah District?40 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Jhenaidah District?13 mapped
- What is the P-code of Jhenaidah District?BD4044 (OCHA common operational dataset)