Jhenaidah sadar upazila on the north, Maheshpur and Chaugachha upazilas on the south, Kaliganj (Jhenaidah) upazila on the east, Chuadanga Sadar and Jibannagar upazilas on the west.

Kotchandpur thana was established in 1883 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of one municipality, 5 union parishads, 114 mouzas and 79 villages.

Kotchandpur Upazila is located in Jhenaidaha District. Upazilla(s)/Thana(s) in Jhenaidaha are Harinakunda Upazila, Jhenaidaha Sadar Upazila, Kaliganj Upazila, Kotchandpur Upazila, Maheshpur Upazila, Shailkupa Upazila.

Chand Khan Mazar (1656), Shivabari Mandir (1680), Rathkhola (seventeenth century), Mohila College Building (1805), Jami Mosque (1884) at village Nagda, Jami Mosque (1885) at Barabamandaha, Ikhra Mandir, Gambuj Mandir (Jalalpur), Two-storied Building of Tarin Datta and Nibaran Chanda (Kotchandpur Bazar); brass made throne preserved at Shiva Mandir and three statues (Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra) preserved at Jagannath Mandir.