In the past, people of this area used to collect a huge quantity of oysters from the river bed Nabaganga and the adjacent khaals and beels.

Jhenaidah had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 68.09%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 959 females per 1000 males.

The stretch that runs east to Magura, about 27 kilometres (17 mi) away, was the second deadliest in Bangladesh as of 2004.

[8] The length that runs south to Jessore, about 45 kilometres (28 mi) away, is the busiest segment of the highway.

National highway N704 splits off the N7 north to Kushtia, 47 kilometres (29 mi) distant.