Jhenaigati Upazila

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Jhenaigati
ঝিনাইগাতী
Upazila
Jhenaigati is located in Bangladesh
Jhenaigati
Jhenaigati
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 25°11′N 90°4′E / 25.183°N 90.067°E / 25.183; 90.067Coordinates: 25°11′N 90°4′E / 25.183°N 90.067°E / 25.183; 90.067
Country Bangladesh
DivisionMymensingh Division
DistrictSherpur District
Area
 • Total231 km2 (89 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total155,067
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitejhenaigati.sherpur.gov.bd

Jhenaigati (Bengali: ঝিনাইগাতী) is an upazila of Sherpur District[1] under the division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Geography[]

Jhenaigati is located at

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25°11′00″N 90°04′00″E / 25.1833°N 90.0667°E / 25.1833; 90.0667. It has 30113 households and a total area of 231 km2. Jhenaigati is bounded by the Meghalaya State of India on the north, Sherpur sadar and Sreebardi upazila on the south, Nalitabari upazila on the east, and Sreebardi upazila on the west. The main rivers are Shomeshwari, Maharashi and Subarnakhali.[2]

Demographics[]

Ghaghra Khan Bari Mosque in Jhenaigati built in 1608.

Jhenaigati Thana was established in 1975 and was turned into an Upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of seven union parishads, 75 mouzas and 117 villages.[3]

Population: 1,60,554; male 78791, female 76276; Muslim 146153, Hindu 5435, Buddhist 3388 and others 91.

Main occupations: agriculture 48.21%, commerce 7.73%, service 2.19%, agricultural laborer 27.36%, fishing and carpenter 2.36%, wage laborer 2.05%, transport 1.14% and others 8.42%.

Land use: total cultivable land 14078.10 hectares; fallow land 2276.01 hectares; single crop 23%, double crop 67% and treble crop land 10%; land under irrigation 78%.

Land control: among the peasants 32% are landless, 29% small, 27% intermediate and 12% rich; cultivable land per head 0.14 hectare.

Religious institutions: mosques 253, temples 38, churches 11, tombs 1. Noted religious institutions: Khanbari Mosque and Tamagaon Eid Prayer Ground.

Literacy rate and educational institutions: average literacy 33.44%; male 37.05%, female 29.73%.

Noted educational institutions: Jhinaigati Govt. Model Pilot High School(1961),[4] Ahmadnagar High School (1960), Alhaz Shafiuddin Ahmed College (1986), DR. Serazul Hoque Technical and Agriculture Diploma Institute (2001), Tinani Adarsha College (1986), Jhenaigati Mahila Adarsha College (2002), Malijhikanda High School (1948), Dighirpar Alim Madrasa (1962).[5]

Administration[]

Jhenaigati Upazila has a Upazila Concil and seven union councils: Kangsha, Dhanshail, Nalkura, Gouripur, Jhenaigati Sadar, Hatibandha and Malijhikanda.[6] The union councils are subdivided into 75 mauzas and 117 villages.[7]

U.N.O office, police station, banks, and many NGOs are here. Operationally important NGOs are BRAC, Asa, Grameen Bank, World Vision, SDS, Rangtia Satata Samchay, Rindan Samity and Didar Sangha.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Syed Marufuzzaman (2012). "Jhenaigati Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "ঝিনাইগাতী উপজেলা". www.jhenaigati.sherpur.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  3. ^ "ঝিনাইগাতী উপজেলা". www.jhenaigati.sherpur.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  4. ^ Established as Jhinaigati Pilot High School.
  5. ^ "ঝিনাইগাতী উপজেলা". www.jhenaigati.sherpur.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  6. ^ "ইউনিয়ন সমূহ - ঝিনাইগাতী উপজেলা।". http. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  7. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Sherpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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