Thursday, March 7, 2013

Khulna District


Map Courtesy: Local Governments Engineering Department (LGED) Bangladesh

Basic Information

Khulna District (Khulna division) with an area of 4394.46 sq km, is bounded by jessore and narail districts on the north, the bay of bengal on the south, bagerhat district on the east, satkhira district on the west. Annual average temperature is 35.5 oC and lowest 12.5 oC; annual rainfall is 1710 mm. The main rivers are Rupsa-Pasur, Bhairab, Shibsha, Dharla, Bhadra, Ball, and Kobadak. Forest: sundarbans (166814 hectares).

Khulna At a Glance

Area: 4394.46 Km2
Upazila Road: 746.37 Km
Union Road: 499.76 Km
Village Road: 1740.46 Km VA
2431.57 Km VB
Population: 23,34,285 (2001)
Density: 541 per Km2
Literacy: 43.9 %
Upazilas: 9
Union: 68
Pourashavas: 2
Primary Schools: 1136
High Schools: 396
Colleges: 54

Upazilas

Bataighata
Dacope
Dighalia
Dumuria
Koira
Paikgacha
Phultala
Rupsa
Terokhadia