Sarankhola is a ''mauza'' (a small group of villages) in Dakhin Khali Union,
Sarankhola Upazila of
Bagerhat District
Bagerhat District () is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Khulna Division.
Geography
Bagerhat district has a total area of 44,959.11 square kilometres. It is bounded by Gopalganj District and Narail District on the north, ...
, on the northeastern edge of the
Sundarbans
Sundarbans (; pronounced ) is a mangrove forest area in the Ganges Delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It spans the area from the Hooghly River in India's state of West Bengal ...
forest in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
. According to the
2011 Bangladesh census
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...
, the mauza had 2,902 households and a population of 11,623. The populace consists of a majority of Muslims and a small minority of Hindus.
Khuriakhali is one of the five villages within the mauza.
See also
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List of villages in Bangladesh
References
Villages in Bagerhat District
Villages in Khulna Division
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