Jhikargachha

Jhikargachha is an Upazila of Jessore District inside the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Jhikargachha is known as after the idogo planter Jhinkar. Bir Shresta Nur Muhammad Sheikh changed into killed on 5 September 1971 on the village of Goal Hat in an stumble upon with the East Pakistani army. In April 1971 many people have been killed and wounded when the East Pakistani military attacked Krishnapur. Relics of the War of Liberation are a memorial and a mass killing website.

Jhikargachha Upazila has a place of 307.96 km2. It is bordered with the aid of Chaugachha Upazila to the north, Kalaroa Upazila to the south, Jessore Sadar Upazila and Manirampur Upazilas to the east, and Sharsha Upazila to the west. Its essential rivers are the Kapotakkho and Betna. Jhikargachha stands at the financial institution of the Kapotakkho, includes 9 wards and 14 mahallas.

The Jhikargachha Municipality was mounted in 1988. The area of the city is 16.34 km2. Katakhal park is a totally visitable and delightful region in jhikargacha upazilla. It is located in the region named Katakhal. Jhikargacha thana changed into was an upazila in 1983. It includes 11 unions, 164 mouzas and 179 villages. Significant sites of Jhikargachha are the twelfth century Rajbari of Mukut Roy at Laujani and the Dargah of Gazi Kalu.