Muktagachha thana was established in 1961 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of 1 municipality, 9 wards, 20 mahallas, 10 union parishads, 261 mouzas and 273 villages.
Gopal and Shiva Mandir at the Atani Zamindar Bari (eighteenth century), Anandamoyee Kali and Shiva Mondir, Lakshmikhola Shiva Mandir, Kutub Shah Mazar (tomb) at Kutubpur and Joyen Shah Mazar at Rasulpur.