Satkhira District (; ) is a district in southwestern

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 ...

and is part of

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 ...

. It lies along the border with

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, India. It is on the bank of the

Arpangachhia 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 ...

. The largest city and headquarter of this district is

Satkhira Satkhira() is a city and district headquarter of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, southwestern Bangladesh. The city has a population of about 113,000, making it the 20th largest city in Bangladesh. Satkhira also has a large proportion of t ...

Administration

The district consists of two municipalities, seven

upazila An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...

s, 79 union parishads, 8 thanas (police stations) and 1,436 villages. The upazilas are: *

Satkhira Sadar Upazila Satkhira Sadar () is an upazila (subdistrict) of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh. Geography Satkhira Sadar is located at . It has 109,105 households and a total area 400.82 km2. Satkhira Sadar Upazila is bounded by Kalaroa ...

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 Ma ...

* Debhata Upazila * Tala Upazila *

Kalaroa Upazila Kalaroa () is an upazila (sub-district) of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh. It was established in 1983. Geography Kalaroa is located at . It has 59,282 households and a total area of 231.42 km2. Kalaroa borders Sharsha, ...

* Kaliganj Upazila *

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 Assa ...

The two municipalities are

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 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, Satk ...

, on the south by the

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, to the east by

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 D ...

, and to the west by

North 24 Parganas 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 ...

and

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 Ba ...

districts of

, India. The annual average maximum temperature reaches 35.5 °C (95.9 °F); minimum temperature is 12.5 °C (54.5 °F). The annual rainfall is 1710 mm (67 in). The main rivers are the Kopotakhi river across Dorgapur union of

, Morichap River,

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 () ...

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 i ...

Raimangal River Raimangal River () is a tidal estuarine river in and around the Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal and Satkhira District in Bangladesh. The Ichamati breaks up into several distributaries below Hingalganj ...

Hariabhanga river Hariabhanga River ()(also spelt Haribhanga) is a tidal estuarine river in and around the Sundarbans in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal, bordering on Satkhira District of Bangladesh. The Ichamati breaks into severa ...

Ichamati River Ichamati River () (also spelt Ichhamati), is a trans-boundary river which flows through India and Bangladesh and also forms part of the boundary between the two countries. The river is facing siltation leading to thin flow of water in the dry sea ...

, Betrabati River and Kalindi-Jamuna River.

Climate

Tropical savanna climates have a monthly mean temperature above 18 °C (64 °F) in every month of the year and typically a pronounced dry season, with the driest month having precipitation less than 60mm (2.36 in) of precipitation. The

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subtype for this climate is " Aw" (tropical savanna climate).Climate Summary
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Demographics

According to the

2022 Census of Bangladesh The 2022 Bangladeshi census () was a detailed enumeration of the Bangladeshi population constituting the sixth national census in the country. It was scheduled to be held in June 2022, was conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, and th ...

, Satkhira District had 566,752 households and a population of 2,196,582 with an average 3.85 people per household. Among the population, 360,699 (16.42%) inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 575 people per km². Satkhira District had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 75.32%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1009 females per 1000 males. Approximately, 19.67% of the population lived in urban areas. The ethnic population was 3,865. Satkhira had a 47% Hindu population in 1941 dominated by Scheduled Castes, with several thanas in the present district having a Hindu majority. During the massive riots in the

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and

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most of the Hindus there fled to neighboring India. The population of Hindus and Christians has remained constant since 1981, but their percentages have fallen massively. Christians live mainly in Kalaroa and Tala upazilas.

Economy

Economoy of Satkhira is mainly Agriculture based. But it has diverse opportuniy of economic prosperity. One land port (Bhomra) and several export products make Satkhira as the next properious district of Bangladesh. Most of the peoples of the southern part of Satkhira depend on

pisciculture Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial animal husbandry, breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial pen (enclosure), enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture, which is the controlled ...

, locally called ''gher''. Main fruits are

mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree '' Mangifera indica''. It originated from the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South and Southeast As ...

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jackfruit The jackfruit or ''nangka'' (''Artocarpus heterophyllus'') is a species of tree in the Common fig, fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (Moraceae). The jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, reaching as much as in weight, in length, and in d ...

, banana,

papaya The papaya (, ), papaw, () or pawpaw () is the plant species ''Carica papaya'', one of the 21 accepted species in the genus '' Carica'' of the family Caricaceae, and also the name of its fruit. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within ...

litchi Lychee ( , ; ''Litchi chinensis''; ) is a monotypic taxon and the sole member in the genus ''Litchi'' in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. There are three distinct subspecies of lychee. The most common is the Indochinese lychee found in So ...

coconut The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (biology), family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, ...

and

guava Guava ( ), also known as the 'guava-pear', is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. The common guava '' Psidium guajava'' (lemon guava, apple guava) is a small tree in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), nativ ...

. Farms are 86

dairies A dairy is a place where milk is stored and where butter, cheese, and other dairy products are made, or a place where those products are sold. It may be a room, a building, or a larger establishment. In the United States, the word may also des ...

, 322 poultry farms, 3,046

fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a., fishing grounds). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farm ...

, 3,650

shrimp A shrimp (: shrimp (American English, US) or shrimps (British English, UK)) is a crustacean with an elongated body and a primarily Aquatic locomotion, swimming mode of locomotion – typically Decapods belonging to the Caridea or Dendrobranchi ...

farms, 66

hatcheries A hatchery is a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish, poultry or even turtles. It may be used for ''ex situ'' conservation purposes, i.e. to breed rare or endangered species under controlled ...

and one cattle breeding centre. Export products # Shrimp
Mango

Jute
# Crab
Handmade Clay Tiles

Points of interest

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 ...

is the largest single block of tidal

halophytic A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores. ...

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...

forest in the world, is a

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, and covers an area of . The region is home to many ancient buildings and temples such as Sultanpur Shahi Mosque (500 years old) and Pir-e-Kamel Kari Hafez Sah-Sufi Jonab Hazrat Maolana Azizur Rahman (Rh) was a Muslim

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

Saint and local ruler Kalimakhali, assasuni upozila in Satkhira (now in

). Attractions also include the mangrove forest at Kaliganj Upazila. This forest, named Basjharia Joarar Ban, is popularly known as the forest of BADHA. The Joarar Ban is a cause of friction between the Bangladesh and Indian border.

Infrastructure

Land ports

India-Bangladesh ( Bhomra land port): 200 yards distant BGP camp from the main port. The Bhomra land port is the second largest in Bangladesh. The Bhomra land customs station was inaugurated in 1996.

Transport

Roads and highways are Satkhira-Khulna, Satkhira-Jessore, Satkhira-Assasuni-Ghola, Satkhira-Kaligonj-Shyamnagar. Satkhira-Kaligonj-Shyamnagar is very bad due to the conductor's corruption.

Education

Recently established one medical college, 79 colleges, one primary teacher's training institute, 421 high schools, 41 junior high schools, 259 madrassas, and 822 government primary schools. Some of the notable educational institutions are: * Satkhira University of Science and Technology * Satkhira Govt. Polytechnic Institute * Satkhira Government College * Satkhira City College *

Satkhira Medical College Satkhira Medical College (SMC) () is a public medical school in Bangladesh, established in 2011. It is located in the south-western city of Satkhira in Khulna Division. It offers a five-year medical education course leading to an MBBS degree. A ...

*Satkhira Government Girls’ High School * Satkhira Government High School * Satkhira Government Mahila College *Kaliganj Govt. College *Satkhira Day-Night College * Kalaroa Govt. College *Jhaudanga High School

Digital Satkhira

In 1994, a few young people started a computer training center as a business and prepared some talents who later started other computer businesses and ultimately created the idea of digital Satkhira. Slowly the computer replaced manual machines in the office, banks, and other institutions. Schools and colleges started recruiting computer teachers. Many more young people started computer businesses. Manual (letter) printing presses switched to offset printing using the computer. In 1999, the Computer Association of Satkhira was established with 30 members. Computer Association of Satkhira regularly organizes computer fairs in various locations and offers basic and advanced Computer Trainings to increase ICT awareness and to introduce freelancing. Some of the computer fairs were supported by

Bangladesh Computer Samity Bangladesh Computer Samity, popularly known as BCS, is the national association of information and communication technologies companies in Bangladesh. It was established in 1987 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. About BCS According to Joint Stock Companies ...

with the presence of

Mustafa Jabbar Mustafa Jabbar (; born 12 August 1949) is a Bangladeshi businessman, technology entrepreneur and a former Minister of Post and Telecommunication in the Government of Bangladesh. He also served as the president of Bangladesh Association of S ...

, the current ICT minister.

Notable people

Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah (27 December 1873 – 9 February 1965) was an educator, litterateur, Islamic theologist and social reformer of pre-partition India. He was instrumental in the formation of the University of Dhaka and is the namesake of ...

* A. F. M. Entaz Ali *

Manoj Mitra Manoj Mitra (22 December 1938 – 12 November 2024) was an Indian theatre, film and television actor, director, and playwright. Early life Mitra was born on 22 December 1938 in Dhulihar village of Satkhira District, Khulna division. Initiall ...

* AFM Ruhal Haque *

Pori Moni Shamsunnahar Smrity (born 24 October 1992), known by her stage name Pori Moni, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is considered one of the most popular actresses in the Bangladeshi film industry. In 2020, she was listed in Forbes Asia's "100 D ...

Mustafizur Rahman Mustafizur Rahman (Bengali: মুস্তাফিজুর রহমান; born 6 September 1995) is a Bangladeshi international cricketer. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he is recognized for his most prolific 'slower cutters' all over t ...

Nilufar Yasmin Nilufar Yasmin (13 February 1948 – 10 March 2003) was a Bangladeshi singer of Nazrul Sangeet, Rajanikanta Geeti, Dwijendra Geeti and Atul Prasdi genre. She was the fourth of five Yasmin sisters of Bangladesh music. Her siblings are Farida ...

Sabina Yasmin Sabina Yasmin (born 4 September 1954), is a Bangladeshi singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Bengali cinema. She has won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer a record 14 times. She has recorded more th ...

Amin Khan (actor) Amin Khan is a Bangladeshi actor. Khan has appeared in about 200 films as well as television shows. His debut movie ''Obujh Duti Mon: The Innocent Love'' established him as a successful lead actor. His next film releases, movies such as ''Dunia ...

Moushumi Arifa Pervin Zaman (born 3 November 1973), known by her stage name Moushumi, is a Bangladeshi film actress and director. Regarded as one of the most popular and successful actresses of Bangladesh Film Industry, she established herself as one of ...

Moushumi Hamid Mousumi Hamid (born 12 October 1988) is an actress and model from Bangladesh. She rose to prominence after becoming the 1st runner-up in LUX Channel I Superstar 2010. Since then, she worked in several TV shows such as ''Love Rectangle (Valobas ...

* Falguni Hamid *

Tariq Anam Khan Tariq Anam Khan (born May 10, 1953) is a Bangladeshi actor, director, writer and producer in theatre, television, and film. He was awarded the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for the film '' Desha: The Leader'' in ...

Afzal Hossain Afzal Hossain (born 19 July 1954) is a Bangladeshi actor, director, writer and painter. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak, the second most important award for civilians in Bangladesh, in 2022. Early life Hossain was born in Parulia, Satkhira in ...

* Rani Sarker * Muhammad Wajed Ali * Sikandar Abu Jafar *

Sabina Khatun Sabina Khatun (; born 25 October 1993) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a forward. She is a member of the Bangladesh national football team, and the former captains. She also represented Bashundhara Kings. She holds the r ...

Masura Parvin Masura Parvin (; born 2001) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bashundhara Kings Women and the Bangladesh women's national football team. She previously played for the Bangladesh women's national under-16 foot ...

* S.M Alauddin * M.R. Khan *

Sheikh Abdur Rashid Sheikh Abdur Rashid (born: May 5, 1957) is a Bangladeshi government official who has served as the chairman of Petrobangla and additional secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs. In 2024, the Yunus Interim Government brought him back from retire ...

* Habibul Islam Habib *

Mir Mostaque Ahmed Robi ''Freedom Fighter'' Mir Mostaque Ahmed Robi ('' Bengali'': মীর মোস্তাক আহমেদ রবি; born: 21 January 1954) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Member of Parliament from Satkhira-2. Political lif ...

* Abu Yousuf MD. Abdullah * Kazi Ertaza Hassan

Satkhira Government Hospital/Medical College

Satkhira Private Hospital/Clinic

Satkhira Private Diagnostic Centre

Notes

References

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