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The background of the upazila administration

Kotchandpur is an old Upazila which is formed as a police station in 1772. Nothing definite about the origin of the name is known. In the past, a religious person named Chand Khan settled here to spread Islam. The house of a righteous person develops like a city around. During the reign of Emperor Jahangir, a wall was built to protect from the rebellious Bara Bhuiyan. In Persian the walls are called quotes. It is believed that Kotchandpur named origin quote and Chand Khan are from these two words.

The area of ​​Kotchandpur upazila is 165.63 km. It is located between 23 ° 22 minutes to 23 ° 33 min north latitudes and 88 ° 55 minutes to 89 ° 06 min east longitude. Jhenaidah Sadar upazila on the north, Kaliganj upazila on the east, Maheshpur upazila on the south and Jibanagar upazila of Chuadanga district and Jhenaidah sadar upazila on the west.