Debhata ( bn, দেবহাটা) 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 ...

Satkhira District Satkhira ( bn, সাতক্ষীরা জেলা, pron: ''Satkhira'') is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It lies along the border with West Bengal, India. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River. ...

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

Debhata is located at . It has 17724 households and total area 176.33 km². Debhata Upazila is bounded by

Satkhira Sadar Upazila Satkhira Sadar ( bn, সাতক্ষীরা সদর) is an upazila of Satkhira District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Geography Satkhira Sadar is located at . It has 61839 households and total area 400.82 km2. Satkhira Sadar U ...

on the north, Assasuni Upazila and

on the east, Kaliganj Upazila on the south and

Hasnabad Hasnabad is a village and a gram panchayat in the Hasnabad CD block in the Basirhat subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.Hasnabad is called the' Second Gateway of Sunderban'. Geography Location Has ...

and

Basirhat I Basirhat I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Basirhat is located at . Basirhat I CD Block is bounded by ...

CD Blocks in

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in West Bengal, India on the west.

Demographics

According to the

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 ...

, Debhata had a population of 125,358. Males constituted 49.80% of the population and females 50.20%. Muslims formed 81.19% of the population, Hindus 18.80% and Christians 0.01%. Debhata had a literacy rate of 54.82% for the population 7 years and above. 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 ...

, Debhata had a population of 99068. Males constituted 51.11% of the population, and females 48.89%. The population aged 18 or over was 50,418. Debhata has an average literacy rate of 30.9% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Debhata Upazila is divided into five

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: Debhata, Kulia, Noapara, Parulia, and Sakhipur. The union parishads are subdivided into 59 mauzas and 125 villages.

References

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

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