Narail district
2 parliamentary seats · 3 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Narail district
Narail District is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Khulna Division.
History
Narail town was named after a feudal lord. The zamindars established a market at Roopgonj, also named after a zamindar. They established a post office for the first time in the district during British Raj near Rotongonj, named after yet another member of the zamindar's family. They modernized Narail and promoted culture, sports, and education. The large playing field, Kuriddobe, was a gift for the town by the zamindar's family. They introduced a football competition, with a shield given to the champions, a cup for the runners-up, and medals for all players from the early twentieth century.
Geography
Narail District has an area of 967.99 square kilometres. It is located to the south of Magura District, north of Khulna District, with the Faridpur District and Gopalganj District on the east, and Jessore District to the west. Its average temperature ranges between 11.2 and 37.1 °C and has a yearly rainfall of 1,467 mm. Through the district flow the Madhumati, Nabaganga, Bhairab, and Chitra rivers.
People
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Narail District had 195,660 households and a population of 788,671 with an average 3.98 people per household. Among the population, 148,027 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 815 people per km2.
Places to see
Narail Victoria College and Collegiate School is one of the oldest modern high schools in Bangladesh, established in 1858 by the landlords of Narail who were proponents of education. They also established a girls' school, a rarity in Bangladesh at that time. This was the Shib Shankar Memorial Girls' School. This school closed down due to lack of funding after the landlords left for India.
Source: Wikipedia, Narail District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Notable people of Narail
- Jadunath Majumdar, editor
- SM Sultan, artist
- Ravi Shankar, sitar master and organiser of The Concert for Bangladesh
- Bijoy Sarkar, poet, baul singer, lyricist, and composer
- Kamal Dasgupta, music director and eminent film composer
- Amal Sen, politician
- Sheikh Abdus Salam, martyred intellectual
- Shamoli Ray, archer
- Nihar Ranjan Gupta, Bengali novelist
- Brigadier General SK Abu Bakr, Ex Member of Parliament 2008 politician
- Avishek Das, cricketer
- Uday Shankar, famous dancer and choreographer
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. 2 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Narail is a district in Khulna division with 2 seats in Parliament: Narail-1 and Narail-2. In the 13th Parliament, of these seats the BNP holds 1 and Jamaat-e-Islami 1. In the 12th Parliament (2024) the seats were all held by the Awami League.
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026