Dacope ( bn, দাকোপ) is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

Khulna District Khulna District ( bn, খুলনা জেলা , ''Khulna Jela'' also ''Khulna Zila'') is a district of Bangladesh. It is located in the Khulna Division. It is bordered on the north by the Jessore District and the Narail District, on the south ...

in the Division of

Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

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Geography

Dacope is located at . It has 25,377 households and a total area of 991.58 km. With an area of 99158 km², it is bounded by Batiaghata Upazila on the north, Pashur River on the south, Rampal and Mongla Upazilas on the east and Paikgachha and Koyra Upazilas on the west. The main rivers are Pasur, Sibsa, Manki, Bhadra. The southern part of this upazila is surrounded by Sundarban (11790.13 hectares).

Demographics

According to the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age ...

, Dacope had a population of 143,131. Males constituted 52.25% of the population, and females 47.75%. The population aged 18 or over was 78,759. Dacope had an average literacy rate of 37.6% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%. It is the only

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majority

Upazilla An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

of Bangladesh.

Administration

The administration of Dacope thana was established in 1913 and turned into an upazila in 1983. Dacope Upazila is divided into Dacope Municipality and ten

union parishad Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...

s: Bajua, Banishanta, Dakop, Koilashgonj, Kamarkhola, Khulna Range, Laudoba, Pankhali, Sutarkhali, and Tildanga. The union parishads are subdivided into 26 mauzas and 97 villages. Dacope Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 15

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s. There is a

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mass killing site at Bazua High School courtyard and a War of Liberation monument, Smriti Amlan (in front of the upazila parisad building).

NGO activities

Operationally important NGOs are Bangladesh Association for Sustainable Development (BASD), Asa, BRAC, Caritas, Proshika, World Vision, Gonoshahajjo Sangstha, HEED Bangladesh, Step, WorldFish, Nabolok, Rupantar and Prodipon, Society for participatory Education, Development (SPED), Paschim Bajua students welfare Association, Bajua, Dacope, Khulna and Bangladesh Environment and Development Society.

Education

Primary schools

*1. Government Paschim Bajua primary school *2. Government Trimohani primary School *3. Batbunia Government Primary School *4. Government HoriMohon Primary School *5. Government Primary School, Khutakhali *6. Government Primary School, Badamtala *7. Government Primary School, Bajua *8. CMB Registered Primary School *9. Batbunia J. N. Government Primary School *10. Dakkhin Gunari Upen Ngar Government Primary School *11. Nolian Forest Government Primary School *12. Government Saleha Primary School *13. Banisanta Govt. Primary school, Banisanta. *14.Binapani Govt. Primary School, Khejuriya, Banisanta.

High schools

*Paschim Kamini Basia Rashkhola High School *Paschim Bajua Secondary School *

Batbunia Collegiate School Batbunia Collegiate School ( bn, বটবুনিয়া কলেজিয়েট স্কুল), formerly known as Batbunia High School, is one of the oldest secondary schools of the southern part of Khulna district under Dacope Upazila ...

*Gunari Shital Chandra High School *Abul Hosain Girls High School *Burir Dabur SESDP Model High School *Bajua Union High School *Bajua Girls High School *Bangabandhu High School *Banisanta Pinak Pani High School *Chalna Bazar Government Girls High School *Chalna K C Pilot High School *Chunkuri High School *Dacope Girl's High School *Dacope Shaheberabad Secondary School *Dakshin Gunari High School *Government Model School *J P High School *K G V J Sammilani Girls High School *Kailashganj Secondary School *Kalabagi Sundarban High School *Kalinagar G C Memorial High School *Kamini Basia G.L. High School *Khona K B Secondary School *Laksmikhola G.T. Pallimongal High School *Laudobe Badamtala High School *Loudove Banisanta High School *Mohammad Ali High School *Mozam Nagar High School *Nalian High School *Pankhali Momotajbegum Secondary School *Ramnagar Binapani High School *Shahid Smriti Junior Girls School *Sonar Bangla High School *Sreenagar High School *Sundarban Adarsha High School *Suterkhali High School *Talukdar Akhter Faruque High School *Tildanga Union Girl's High School *Trimohani High School *Yasin High School

Colleges

* Bajua Surendra Nath College, Dacope, Khulna * Chalna College (1995), Chalna Bazar, Chalna Municipality, Dacope, Khulna * Chalna M.M. Degree college * Chalna Mohila Mohabidyaloy, Chalna Bazar, Dacope, Khulna * L.B.K. Government Mohila College, Dacope, Khulna

References

{{Upazilas of Khulna Division Upazilas of Khulna District Khulna Division