Daulatpur Upazila, Kushtia
Daulatpur
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Daulatpur (Bengali: দৌলতপুর (কুষ্টিয়া)) is an upazila of Kushtia District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.[1] Daulatpur Thana was formed in 1854. It became an upazila in 1983.
Geography
Daulatpur is located at 24°00′05″N 88°52′30″E / 24.0014°N 88.8750°E. It has 115,715 households and total area 468.76 km2.
Daulatpur Upazila is bounded by
CD Block, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, and Karimpur I and Karimpur II CD Blocks, Nadia district, West Bengal, on the west.[2][3][4]
Demographics
As of the
2011 Bangladesh census, Daulatpur upazila had 115,715 households and a population of 456,372. 94,590 (20.73%) were under 10 years of age. Daulatpur had an average literacy rate of 41.29%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1004 females per 1000 males. 19,446 (4.26%) of the population lived in urban areas.[5][6]
As of the
1991 Bangladesh census, Daulatpur had a population of 360,706. Males constituted 51.42% of the population, and females formed 48.58%. This Upazila's eighteen up population was 178,539. Daulatpur had an average literacy rate of 20.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[7]
Administration
Daulatpur Upazila is divided into 14
union parishads: Adabaria, Ariaa, Boalia, Chilmari, Daulatpur, Hogalbaria, Khalishakundi, Maricha, Mathurapur, Pearpur, Philipnagar, Pragpur, Ramkrishnapur, and Refaitpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 82 mauzas and 103 villages.[5]
References
- ^ Md. Salim Reza (2012). "Daulatpur Upazila (Kushtia District)". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "Daulatpur Upazila (Kushtia District)". Banglapedia. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Tehsil Map of Murshidabad". CD Block/ Tehsil. Maps of India. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Tehsil Map of Nadia". CD Block/ Tehsil. Maps of India. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Kushtia" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Community Tables: Kushtia district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011. p. 103.
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
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