About MZDP

Meherpur District is a northwestern district of Khulna Division in southwestern Bangladesh. It is bordered by West Bengal, India in the west, and by the Bangladeshi districts of Kushtia and Chuadanga to the east. Pre-independence Meherpur was a subdivision of Nadia district.The district has an area of 716.08 square kilometres (276.48 sq mi). The district is situated between 23.44 / 23.59 / latitude and 88.34 / 88.53 east longitude. It is the border district of western part of Bangladesh. Daulatpur Thana of Kushtia district is West Bengal (India); southwest of Chuadanga district; Damurhuda Thana is in West Bengal (India); Mirpur in Kushtia district, Alamdanga in Chuadanga district; West Bengal of India; West Bengal, on the west, has about 60 km Indian border crossing north-south across the western part of Meherpur. Size and structure are 716.08 sq km. It consists of 03 upazilas, 03 thanas, 2 municipalities (1 class, 1 st class), 18 union, 199 mouzas and 255 villages. Name of Upazilas - Meherpur Sadar, Mujibnagar and Gangni Upazila. Population population 6,55,392 (according to 2011 census), the number of men and women is 3,24,634 and 3,30,758, the number of total number of 1,66,300. Muslim 97.76%, Hindu 1.20%, Christian 1.01%, Buddhists 0.001% Others 0.019%. Annual population growth rate is 1.02% (according to 2011 census). The population density of this district is 821 kilometers per square kilometer.