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Jessore District

NameJessore
Native NameZoshor
Latd23.17|latm=|lats=|latNS=
Longd89.20|longm=|longs=|longEW=
Coordinates Displayinline,title
Division NameKhulna Division
Area Total Km22578.20
Population Total2440693
Population As Of1991
Literacy Rate33.4%

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Jessore (or Jashahor) is a district located in the Khulna Division of southwestern Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west.

The district produces a variety of crops year-round. Date-sugar called patali is made from the sap of locally grown date trees that is cooked, thickened and crystallised using a traditional method. Patali is mainly produced in Khajura, but there are also many such trees in the Keshabpur and Monirampur areas.

Jessore has eight upazilas, namely Abhaynagar, Bagherpara, Chowgacha, Jessore-Sadar, Jhikargacha, Keshobpur, Monirampur, and Sharsha.

A town called Jessore stands on the Bhairab, and consists of 9 wards and 73 mahalls. Jessore municipality was established in 1864.

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Gas leak in cold storage leads to panic - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--Traffic on -Jessore- Road, a busy thoroughfare that passes through the area, had to be diverted. Three weeks ago, one person was killed and many fell ... - Date : Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:15:27 GMT+00:00
Arms smuggling, trading double - The Daily Star Tweet this news
The Daily Star--Last year 14 smuggled firearms were recovered in Kushtia, 24 in Chuadanga, 16 in Jhenaidah, 35 in Meherpur, 16 in -Jessore-, 13 in Satkhira and 10 in Khulna. ... - Date : Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:08:22 GMT+00:00
Enhanced duty halts jute goods import by India - Bangladesh News 24 hours Tweet this news
Bangladesh News 24 hours---Jessore-, Jan 22 (bdnews24.com) - Export of Bangladeshi jute products to India through Benapole land port has remained suspended for three days due to abrupt ... - Date : Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:36:54 GMT+00:00
Smugglers-BGB clash at Benapole - Financial Express Bangladesh Tweet this news
Financial Express Bangladesh---JESSORE-, Jan 17: The BGB (BDR) and the smugglers locked in a clash along Daulatpur frontier under Benapole land port over seizing a number of phensidyl on ... - Date : Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:57:03 GMT+00:00
Stop creating plots at park in Jessore: HC - The Daily Star Tweet this news
The Daily Star---...- to stop creating new residential and commercial plots for three months in a park of a housing estate in the suburb of the -Jessore- district town. ... - Date : Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:45:29 GMT+00:00
Mercury to go up today - The Daily Star Tweet this news
The Daily Star--The lowest temperature yesterday was 7.2 degrees Celsius in -Jessore- and the highest was 29.8 in Sandwip. Impoverished people in the northern districts and ... - Date : Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:12:51 GMT+00:00
Kolkata Metro station to be named after Mother Teresa - Sify Tweet this news
Sify--We will also name the proposed Metro stations at Hridaypur and -Jessore- Road after writer Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and poet Jibanananda Das. ... - Date : Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:32:22 GMT+00:00
Commerce ministry clerk suspended - Bangladesh News 24 hours Tweet this news
Bangladesh News 24 hours--However, Moktar has been dillydallying on different pretexts and at one stage the ministry requested the examination controller of -Jessore- Education Board, ... - Date : Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:01:37 GMT+00:00
Indian companies show interest in bandwidth - Bangladesh News 24 hours Tweet this news
Bangladesh News 24 hours--The planned route of the terrestrial cable connection will be through Meherpur--Jessore--Kolkata and unlike the submarine cable line this connection would be ... - Date : Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:41:22 GMT+00:00
Traffic hurdles for city cops on airport artery - Calcutta Telegraph Tweet this news
Calcutta Telegraph--The artery that is meant to spare vehicles the bottlenecks on VIP Road and -Jessore- Road, does not even have a proper signal system, and hence sees a large ... - Date : Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:04:53 GMT+00:00

Town :
upazila population upazila population
Ubhaynagar 245000 Keshabpur 200229
Bagherpara 168938 Jessore Sadar 530582
Chaugachha 181829 Manirampur 326093
Jhikargacha 235882 Sharsha 258789

Cities of Bangladesh

Barisal * Bogra * Chittagong * Comilla * Dhaka * Faridpur * Jessore * Khulna * Maulvi Bazar * Mymensingh * Narayanganj * Rangpur * Rajshahi * Sylhet

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Barisal DivisionBarguna * Barisal * Bhola * Jhalokati * Patuakhali * Pirojpur
Chittagong DivisionBandarban * Brahmanbaria * Chandpur * Chittagong * Comilla * Cox's Bazar * Feni * Khagrachari * Lakshmipur * Noakhali * Rangamati
Dhaka DivisionDhaka * Faridpur * Gazipur * Gopalganj * Jamalpur * Kishoreganj * Madaripur * Manikgonj * Munshiganj * Mymensingh * Narayanganj * Narsingdi * Netrokona * Rajbari * Shariatpur * Sherpur * Tangail
Khulna DivisionBagerhat * Chuadanga * Jessore * Jhenaidah * Khulna * Kushtia * Magura * Meherpur * Narail * Satkhira
Rajshahi DivisionBogra * Naogaon * Natore * Nawabganj * Pabna * Rajshahi * Sirajganj
Sylhet DivisionHabiganj * Maulvibazar * Sunamganj * Sylhet
Rangpur DivisionDinajpur * Gaibandha * Kurigram * Lalmonirhat * Nilphamari * Panchagarh * Rangpur * Thakurgaon



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