Jhenaidah Located in the south-west of , lies under division, with an area of 1,965 square kilometres. It is bounded by district on the north, district and West Bengal of India on the south, Rajbari and Magura districts on the east, and Chuadanga district and West Bengal of India on the west. Photo credit: BRAC A BRAC barefoot lawyer is explaining the family laws of the country using a flipchart BRAC operates in Jhenaidah to the women in her community in the village. with components, such as microfinance, education At a glance Health, nutrition (BEP), health, nutrition and and population population (HNPP), community (as of December, 2016) empowerment (CEP), human Health workers rights and legal aid services Microfinance (shasthya kormi) 51 (HRLS), water, sanitation and Health volunteers Branches 34 (shasthya shebika) 612 hygiene (WASH), and skills Village organisations 2,375 development. Members 61,033 Human rights and legal Borrowers 57,412 aid services Progoti Human rights and legal education Small enterprise clients 6,632 (HRLE) shebikas 201 Tenant farmers’ development HRLE graduates 92,772 project Legal aid clinics 10 Village organisations 482 General information Money disbursed 281,213,000 Water, sanitation Population covered 8,000 and hygiene Population 1,771,304 Committee members 15,631 Education Sub-districts 6 Sanitation coverage 82% Unions 67 Pre-primary schools 111 Sanitary latrines installed Shishu niketon schools 140 in school 144 Villages 1,136 Community libraries 43 Loans for sanitary latrines 4,536 Children (0-15) 695,507 Primary schools 833 Community empowerment Skills development Literacy rate 62% Community-based organisation Number of master craft Hospitals 6 (polli shomaj) 187 persons (MCPs) 92 NGOs 65 Union-based organisation Number of trades 8 Banks 21 (union shomaj) 14 Number of graduate learners 276 Bazaars 132 Popular theatre 7 Number of learners 276

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