Jhenaidah Located in the south-west of Bangladesh, Jhenaidah district lies under Khulna division, with an area of 1,965 square kilometres. It is bounded by Kushtia district on the north, Jessore 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, 2015) empowerment (CEP), human Health workers rights and legal aid services Microfinance (shasthya kormi) 90 (HRLS), water, sanitation and Health volunteers Village organisations 2,279 (shasthya shebika) 921 hygiene (WASH), and skills Members 109,000 development. Borrowers 52,117 Human rights and legal Progoti aid services Small enterprise clients 5,636 Human rights and legal education Tenant farmers’ development (HRLE) shebikas 307 project HRLE graduates 91,175 Village organisations 486 Legal aid clinics 10 Money disbursed 213,313,000 Population covered 7,770 Water, sanitation General information and hygiene Education Committee members 15,631 Population 1,771,304 Primary schools 166 Sanitation coverage 82% Unions 67 Pre-primary schools 166 Sanitary latrines installed Villages 1,136 ADP centres 59 in school 158 Children (0-15) 695,507 Community libraries 41 Loans for sanitary latrines 4,536 Primary schools 833 Literacy rate 62% Community empowerment Skills development Hospitals 6 Community-based organisation Number of master craft NGOs 50 (polli shomaj) 187 persons (MCPs) 70 Banks 18 Union-based organisation Number of trades 5 (union shomaj) 14 Number of graduate learners 140 Bazaars 132 Popular theatre 7 Number of disabled learners 14 Although every effort has been made to include and verify the accuracy of relevant information in this fact sheet, users are urged to check independently on matters of specific interest. Report any discrepancies/suggestions to [email protected]. This document was last updated on 31 December 2015, is revised yearly and made available on www.brac.net/visitors..