Jashore district
6 parliamentary seats · 8 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Jashore district
Jessore District, officially Jashore District, is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna and Satkhira districts to the south, Khulna and Narail to the east, and Jhenaidah and Magura districts to the north. Jessore is the capital of the district. Jessore is the home to the ancestors of Rabindranath Tagore. Jashore was the first independent district of Bangladesh in 1971. Jessore district was established in 1781. It consists of 8 municipalities, 8 upazilas, 92 unions, 1,329 mouzas, 1,477 villages and 120 mahallas.
History
Jessore district once belonged to the ancient Janapada of Vanga Janapada. In the 15th century, Jessore was a part of the kingdom of Pratapaditya. It was then conquered by the Mughals. British administration was fully established in Jessore district in 1781 when the governor-general ordered the opening of a court at Murali near Jessore. In 1947, Jessore was divided between India and Pakistan. Except for the Bangaon and Gaighata thanas, the district became part of East Pakistan. The Bengali soldiers stationed at Jessore Cantonment and mutinied against the Pakistan Army on 29 March 1971.
Geography
Jessore District encompasses 2606.94 km2. It is bounded by Jhenaidah and Magura districts at the north, Satkhira and Khulna districts at the south, Narail and Khulna districts at the east, and North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts of West Bengal of India at the west.
People
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Jessore District had 798,032 households and a population of 3,076,144 with an average 3.79 people per household. Among the population, 510,121 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,180 people per km2.
Economy
The economy of Jessore District is traditionally agrarian, but in recent decades it has diversified into industry, trade, services, and communications. Due to its geographical position, Jessore is considered a commercial gateway to the south-western region of Bangladesh. The district is home to the country's largest land port Benapole Land Port, the domestic Jessore Airport, railway and road networks, and the Noapara River Port.
Source: Wikipedia, Jessore District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Places to see of Jashore
- Mirzanagar Hammamkhana is a structure of Mughal's at Keshabpur
- Sheikhpura 3 Domed Mosque
- Khan Jahan Ali's Dighi at Keshabpur
- Marshina Baor, a proposed ecopark at Keshabpur
- Jhikargachha Upazila
- Abhaynagar Upazila
- Gazir Dorgah
- Jessore Airport, Jessore Cantonment and Air Force Base Matiur Rahman
- Avaynogor's Khanjahan Ali Jame Mosque
- Jamidar Bari at Shridhorpur
- Konnadah Archajjo Baor at Sarsha
- Benapole Port
Notable people of Jashore
- Raushan Ali Bishwas, former Governor of Jessore
- Sanatana Goswami, sage, writer
- Rupa Goswami, Bengali poet, philosopher and writer
- Michael Madhusudan Datta, Bengali poet and playwright
- Manomohan Bose, Bengali poet, playwright and journalist
- Nani Gopal Majumdar, Indian archaeologist
- Kanak Mukherjee, political activist, women's movement pioneer in India
- Farida Akhtar, popularly known as Babita, Bangladeshi Film actress
- Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay, writer and editor
- Haridasa Thakur, Vaishnab saint, acarya of the Holy Name
- Jatin Bala, poet and Dalit author
- Mashiur Rahman, politician of the Awami League
Map of the district
Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap. 6 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Jashore is a district in Khulna division with 6 seats in Parliament: Jashore-1 (Sharsha upazila), Jashore-2 (Jhikargacha and Chaugachha upazilas), Jashore-3, Jashore-4 (Bagherpara upazila, Abhaynagar upazila and Basundia union of Jashore Sadar upazila), Jashore-5 (Manirampur upazila) and Jashore-6 (Keshabpur upazila). In the 13th Parliament, of these seats Jamaat-e-Islami holds 5 and the BNP 1. In the 12th Parliament (2024), of these seats the Awami League held 4 and independents 2.
Muhammad Azizur RahmanJashore-1, Jamaat-e-Islami
Mohammad Moslehuddin FaridJashore-2, Jamaat-e-Islami
Aninda Islam AmitJashore-3, BNP
Md. Golam RasulJashore-4, Jamaat-e-Islami
Gazi Enamul HaqueJashore-5, Jamaat-e-Islami
Md. Moktar AliJashore-6, Jamaat-e-Islami
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026