Daulatpur ( bn, দৌলতপুর (কুষ্টিয়া)) 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 ...

Kushtia District Kushtia District ( bn, কুষ্টিয়া জেলা, pronunciation: ''kuʃʈia'') is a district in the Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh l ...

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 ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Geography

Daulatpur is located at . It has 66479 households and total area 468.76 km². Daulatpur Upazila is bounded by

Bagha Upazila Bagha ( bn, বাঘা) is an upazila of the Rajshahi District, located in Bangladesh's Rajshahi Division. Geography Bagha is located at . It has 29056 households and total area 184.25 km2. Bagha Upazila is bounded by Charghat Upazila and ...

in Rajshahi District and

Lalpur Upazila Lalpur ( bn, লালপুর) is an upazila of Natore District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Lalpur is located at . It has a total area of 327.92 km2. 29 km distance from Natore Sadar. Its Thana Sadar is situated ...

in Natore District, on the north,

Bheramara Bheramara ( bn, ভেড়ামারা) is an upazila of Kushtia District in the Division of Khulna Division, Khulna, Bangladesh. The upazila is beside the Padma River, and the important Hardinge Bridge crosses the river between Bheramara Upaz ...

and Mirpur Upazilas on the east,

Gangni Upazila Gangni ( bn, গাংনী) is an upazila of Meherpur District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Geography It has 43922 households and total area 341.98 km2. Main rivers are Bhairab, Kazla. Dharla and Ilangi Beels are notable. Gang ...

in Meherpur District and Mirpur Upazila in Kushtia District, on the south, and

Jalangi Jalangi is a Bazaar, with a police station, identified in 2011 census, in Jalangi CD Block in Domkol subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. This Bazaar is situated beside the Padma River Geography Location Ja ...

CD Block, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, and

Karimpur I Karimpur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Tehatta subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Karimpur is located at . Karimpur I CD Block is bounded by Jalangi and Domk ...

and

Karimpur II Karimpur II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Tehatta subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Karimpur II CD Block is bounded by Karimpur I CD Block, in the north, Daul ...

CD Blocks, Nadia district, West Bengal, on the west.

Demographics

According to

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 ...

, Daulatpur had a population of 456,372. Males constituted 49.90% of the population and females 50.10. Muslims formed 99.375% of the population, Hindus 0.614%, Christians 0.009% and others 0.002%. Daulatpur had a literacy rate of 41.29% for the population 7 years and above. As of 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 ...

, Daulatpur has a population of 360,706. Males constitute 51.42% of the population, and females 48.58%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 178,539. Daulatpur has an average literacy rate of 20.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

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.

References

Upazilas of Kushtia District Kushtia District Khulna Division {{Khulna-geo-stub