Jasim Uddin was born on 1 January 1903 in the village of Tambulkhana in Faridpur district. Although his full name is Mohammad Jasim Uddin Mollah, he is known as Jasim Uddin. His father's house was in Gobindpur village of the same district. Father's name is Ansar Uddin Mollah. He was a school teacher by profession. Mother Amina Khatun alias Rangachut.
Jasim Uddin studied at Faridpur Welfare School and later at Faridpur District School (now Faridpur District School). From here he passed his entrance examination in 1921. He did his B.A. from Calcutta University Bangla. A. And m. A. He completed it in 1929 and 1931 respectively.
From 1931 to 1936, Jasim Uddin worked with Dinesh Chandra Sen as a collector of folk literature. He is also a collector of East Bengal lyric poems. He has collected more than 10,000 folk songs, some of which have been featured in his music collections Jari Gaan and Murshida Gaan.He has also written detailed commentaries and philosophical pieces on Bengali folk literature.
In 1933 he was at Calcutta University. Ramtanu Lahiri joined as a research assistant under Dinesh Chandra Sen. Then in 1936 he joined Dhaka University as a lecturer in Bangla. He left the university in 1944 and joined the Department of Information and Broadcasting. Until his retirement in 1982, he served as Deputy Director. He was grateful to Guru Death Joy Seal. In 1969, Rabindra Bharati University conferred the honorary degree of D.Litt on the poet.
He died on 14 March 1976 in Dhaka. According to his last wish, he was buried next to his grandmother's grave in Ambikapur village of Faridpur district. A fortnightly festival called Jasim Mela is celebrated in Gobindpur every year in January to commemorate his birthday. A residential hall of Dhaka University is named after him.
Rural poet Jasim Uddin is a very good poet.