[7] The Bengali soldiers stationed at Jessore cantonment mutinied against the Pakistan Army on 29 March 1971.

They were led by Captain Hafiz Uddin and Lieutenant Anwar in an uprising where 300 soldiers were killed.

Major rivers that flow through this region are the Bhairab, Teka, Hari, Sree, Aparbhadra, Harihar, Buribhadra, Chitra, Betna, Kopotakkho, and the Mukteshwari.

Jessore District had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 77.07%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1018 females per 1000 males.

[1] The Muslim population is the majority religion, while Hindus, the largest minority, have been growing much more slowly.

The main factor of the economics of Jessore is Benapol Land Port which is situated in Sharsha Upazila.

[14] The other, Monihar, the largest cinema hall in Bangladesh when it was built in 1983, with 1400 seats,[13] reported record revenues in 2022.

Lutfor Rahman, a member of the Shadhin Bangla football team, also hailed from the district.

In 1973, the Jessore Zonal football team hosted a historic game against Dinamo Minsk from the Soviet Union, which ended in a 0–7 defeat.

Solo Khada Jamidar Bari, House and birthplace of Ratna Gorva awarded by British Govt.

and her son former Health minister of India Dr. Nil Ratan Dhor and his brother Jebon Ratan Dhor Jessore has well connected road, rail and air transport links to other major cities and water transport links to Khulna and Mongla of Bangladesh.

It is also connected with the Indian city of Kolkata which is 120 km west through Benapole land port via AH1.

As well as in 2019 Both India And Bangladesh government agreed to 4 minute stop in Jessore Junction railway station through Bandhan Express which connect Khulna to Kolkata.