Benapole
Benapole | |
|---|---|
Port City | |
Trucks at Benapole Land Port | |
| Coordinates: 23°2′31″N 88°53′44″E / 23.04194°N 88.89556°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Region | Khulna |
| District | Jessore |
| Upazila | Sharsha |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.22 km2 (5.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 36,524 |
| • Density | 2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
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Benapole (Bengali: বেনাপোল) is a town at Sharsha Upazila in the Jessore District of Bangladesh. The Petrapole Customs station of India is situated across the border and since 1947, many people have travelled between what is now Bangladesh and India through Benapole Customs / Land port station. This is one of important rail transit point of railway link between Bangladesh and India.
Urbanization of Benapole started in the 1990s along the Grand Trunk Road. In April 1971, the operational area of the sector 8 comprised the districts of Kushtia, Jessore, Khulna, Barisal, Faridpur and Patuakhali. At the end of May the sector was reconstituted and comprised the districts of Kuhstia, Jessore, Khulna, Satkhira and the northern part of Faridpur district. Benapole served as the headquarters of sector 8 in the liberation war.
It is the site of the largest land port in Bangladesh.