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Satkhira District
Satkhira District (; ) is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It lies along the border with West Bengal, India. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River. The largest city and headquarter of this district is Satkhira. Administration The district consists of two municipalities, seven upazilas, 79 union parishads, 8 thanas (police stations) and 1,436 villages. The upazilas are: * Satkhira Sadar Upazila * Assasuni Upazila * Debhata Upazila * Tala Upazila * Kalaroa Upazila * Kaliganj Upazila, Satkhira, Kaliganj Upazila * Shyamnagar Upazila The two municipalities are Satkhira and Kalaroa. * Chairman of District Council: Nazrul Islam * Deputy Commissioner (DC): Mohammad Humayun Kabir Geography Satkhira District has an area of . It is bordered to the north by Jessore District, on the south by the Bay of Bengal, to the east by Khulna District, and to the west by North 24 Parganas district, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts of West Benga ...
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Kaliganj Upazila, Satkhira
Kaliganj () is an upazila of Satkhira District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Geography Kaliganj is located at . It has 41,162 households and total area 333.78 km2. Kaliganj Upazila is bounded by Debhata Upazila and Assasuni Upazila on the north, Assasuni Upazila on the east, Shyamnagar Upazila on the south and Hingalganj community development block in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India on the west. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kaliganj upazila had 64,909 households and a population of 274,889. 53,979 (19.64%) were under 10 years of age. Kaliganj had an average literacy rate of 51.78%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1010 females per 1000 males. 16,863 (6.13%) of the population lived in urban areas. According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kaliganj had a population of 225,596. Males constituted 50.7% of the population, and females 49.3%. The population aged 18 or over was 115,458. Kaliganj ha ...
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Districts Of Bangladesh
The divisions of Bangladesh, divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or (). The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas. History Before independence, Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) had 19 districts. English spelling change In April 2018, the government changed the English spelling of five districts to avoid inconsistencies in the Bengali and English spellings and to make them consistent with the Bengali pronunciation. The spellings have been changed from Bogra to Bogura, Barisal to Barishal, Jessore to Jashore, Chittagong to Chattogram and Comilla to Cumilla. Administration Deputy commissioner A Deputy Commissioner (DC), popularly abbreviated to 'DC,' serves as the executive head of the district. Individuals appointed to the role are selected by the government from the Deputy Secretary BCS Administration Cadre. Dist ...
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Assasuni Upazila
Assasuni (, ''Aashashooni'', ''Ashashuni'' , means ''hearing the hope'' ) is an upazila of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh. Geography Assasuni is located at . It has 62037 households and a total area of 374.81 km2. The Marichchap, Kholpetua, Betna and Kopothakkho are rivers of Assasuni. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Assasuni upazila had 62,037 households and a population of 268,754. 55,287 (20.57%) were under 10 years of age. Assasuni had an average literacy rate of 49.83%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1006 females per 1000 males. 8,585 (3.19%) of the population lived in urban areas. In the 1991 Bangladesh census, Assasuni had a population of 220,957. Males constituted 50.07% of the population, and females 49.93%. The population above the age of 18 was 110,961, with a literacy rate of 30.3% (7+ years), below the national average of 32.4%. Administration Assasuni Upazila is divided into 11 union pa ...
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Betna River
The Betna River is located in Bangladesh. It originates in Jessore District, flows through Satkhira and Khulna, where it is called Kalia River, and forms a branch called Dalua River. The Kalia is a tributary of the Kobadak River. The Betna changes its name to Arpangachhia River when it reaches the Sundarbans, and changes it again to the Malancha before flowing into the Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. Geographically it is positioned between the Indian subcontinent and the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese peninsula, located below the Bengal region. Many South Asian and Southe .... References Rivers of Bangladesh Rivers of Khulna Division {{Bangladesh-river-stub ...
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Kholpetua River
The Kholpetua River (Kholpatua River), located in southwestern Bangladesh, is one of the large rivers of the Ganges-Padma system. It is a major river of Assasuni and Shyamnagar upazilas of Satkhira District in Khulna Division Khulna Division () is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 17,416,645 at the 2022 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters and largest city is Khulna city in Khulna Dist .... References Rivers of Bangladesh Rivers of Khulna Division {{Bangladesh-river-stub ...
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South 24 Parganas
South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore previously, with its Zilla Parishad now in Baruipur. It is the largest district of West Bengal by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side of the district there is the urban fringe of Kolkata, and on the other the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans. History Originally, the capital of Raja Bikramaditya and Maharaja Pratapaditya was at Dhumghat. Later it was transferred to Ishwaripur (Originated from the name Jeshoreshwaripur). Maharaja Pratapaditya declared the independence of South Bengal from the Mughal Empire. Pratapaditya's father Shrihari (Shridhar), a Kayastha, was an influential officer in the service of Daud Khan Karrani. Upon the fall of Daud, he fled with the government treasure in his cus ...
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North 24 Parganas District
North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east. Barasat is the district headquarters of North 24 Parganas. North 24 Parganas is West Bengal's most populous district and also (since 2014) the most populated district in the whole of India. It is the tenth-largest district in the State by area. History Pre-independence The territory of Greater 24 Parganas were under the Saptagram, Satgaon (ancient Saptagram, now in Hoogly district) administration during the Mughal era and later it was included in Hoogly chakla (district under post-Mughal Nawabi rule) during the rule of Murshid Quli Khan. In 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, Nawab Mir Jafar conferred the Zamindari of 24 parganas and janglimahals (small administrative units) upon the British Ea ...
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Khulna District
Khulna District () is a district of Bangladesh. It is located in the Khulna Division, bordered in the north by Jashore District and Narail District, in the south by the Bay of Bengal, in the east by Bagerhat District, and the west by Satkhira District. It was the first sub-division of the United Bengal Province established in 1842. On 1 June 1882, by notification of the official gazette published from Kolkata, Khulna and Bagerhat sub-division of Jashore district and Satkhira sub-division of 24 Parganas district together formed the new district of Khulna. Geography and climate Khulna District has a total area of . It borders Jessore District to the north, Narail District to the northeast, Bagerhat District to the east, the Bay of Bengal to the south, and Satkhira District to the west. Khulna district is mostly composed of flat plains. The northernmost part of the district, north of Khulna town, comprises deltaic silt deposits and is relatively elevated compared to the rest o ...
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Bay Of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. Geographically it is positioned between the Indian subcontinent and the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese peninsula, located below the Bengal region. Many South Asian and Southeast Asian Countries of the Bay of Bengal, countries are dependent on the Bay of Bengal. Geopolitically, the bay is bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between Sangaman Kanda, Sri Lanka, and the northwesternmost point of Sumatra, Indonesia. Cox's Bazar Beach, Cox's Bazar, the longest sea beach in the world and Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest and the natural habitat of the Bengal tiger, are located along the bay. The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of . A number of large rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal: the Ganges–Hooghly River, Hooghly, the Padma River, Padma, the Brahmaputra River, Brahmaputr ...
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Jessore District
Jessore District, List of renamed places in Bangladesh, officially Jashore District (; ), is a Districts of Bangladesh, district in southwestern Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna District, Khulna and Satkhira District, Satkhira districts to the south, Khulna and Narail to the east, and Jhenaidah District, Jhenaidah and Magura District, Magura districts to the north. Jessore (city), Jessore is the capital of the district. Jessore is the home to the ancestors of Rabindranath Tagore. Jashore was the first independent district of Bangladesh in 1971. Jessore district was established in 1781. It consists of 8 municipalities, 8 Upazilas of Bangladesh, upazilas, 92 unions, 1,329 mouzas, 1,477 villages and 120 Mahallah, mahallas. The upazilas are: Abhaynagar Upazila, Bagherpara Upazila, Chaugachha Upazila, Jessore Sadar Upazila, Jhikargachha Upazila, Keshabpur Upazila, Manirampur Upazila, and Sharsha Upazila. The district produces a variety of crops. Date sugar, cal ...
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Shyamnagar Upazila
Shyamnagar () is an upazila of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh. Geography Shyamnagar is located at . It has 46,592 households and a total area of 1968.23 km2. Shyamnagar Upazila is bordered by Kaliganj (Satkhira) and Assasuni upazilas to the north, the Sundarbans and Bay of Bengal to the south, Koyra and Assasuni upazilas to the east and the Indian state of West Bengal to the west. The main rivers here are: Raymangal, Kalindi, Kobadak, Kholpetua, Arpangachhia, Malancha, Hariabhanga and Chuna. South Talpatti Island at the estuary of the Hariabhanga is notable. Shyamnagar town consists of 5 mouzas and 13 villages. The area of the town is 10.76 km2. The town has a population of 11,021; 52.36% male and 47.64% female. The population density is 1,024 per km2. Literacy rate among locals is 37.3%. The town has three dakbungalows and a BGB Headquarter. The average literacy in the entire upazila is 28.1%, comprising 38% among males and 17.4% among female ...
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