Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila


Jhenidah Sadar is an Upazila of Jhenaidah District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.

Geography

Jhenidah Sadar is located at . It has 60354 households and total area 467.75 km².

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Jhenaidah Sadar had a population of 455,932. Males constituted 50.04% of the population and females 49.96%. Muslims formed 89.44% of the population, Hindus 10.47%, Christians 0.03% and others 0.06%. Jhenaidaha Sadar had a literacy rate of 51.76% for the population 7 years and above.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Jhenidah Sadar has a population of 333,192. Males constitute 51.47% of the population, and females 48.53%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 171,090. Jhenidah Sadar has an average literacy rate of 27.5%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Points of interest

Naldanga Temple Complex:, in the jhenaidah Upazila, is a temple complex built in 1656 by Maharaj Indranarayan Debroy. There are a total of six temples now. The government restored all of them in 1980 but they were destroyed again during the riot and now most of them are in ruins. Renovations are still going on. The idol of goddess Kali was from Banaras, India.

Administration

Jhenidah Sadar has 17 Unions/Wards, 295 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 283 villages.
The Unions are:
  1. Sadhuhati
  2. Madhuhati
  3. Sahganna
  4. Holidhani
  5. Kumrabaria
  6. Ganna
  7. Moharajpur
  8. Paglakanay
  9. Porahati
  10. Horishankarpur
  11. Dogachhi
  12. Ghorshal
  13. Padmakar
  14. Fursandi
  15. Kalicharanpur
  16. Surat
  17. Naldanga

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