Damurhuda ( bn, দামুড়হুদা) 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 ...

Chuadanga District Chuadanga ( bn, চুয়াডাঙ্গা, tʃuaɖaŋga), is a district of the western Khulna Division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian state of West Bengal to the west, Meherpur District to the northwest, Jessore District to ...

in the Division of Khulna,

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

Damurhuda is located at . It has 37,279 households and a total area of 308.11 km². Dumurhuda Upazila is bounded by Meherpur Sadar Upazila, in

Meherpur District Meherpur ( bn, মেহেরপুর, pron: ''meɦeɾpuɾ'') is the northwestern district of Khulna Division in southwestern Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian state of West Bengal to the west, and by the Bangladeshi districts of Kushtia a ...

, and

Alamdanga Upazila Alamdanga ( bn, আলমডাঙ্গা) is an upazila of Chuadanga District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. It covers an area of . Geography Alamdanga is located at . It has 44,699 households and total area 360.4 km2. Demographic ...

, on the north,

Chuadanga Sadar Upazila Chuadanga Sadar ( bn, চুয়াডাঙ্গা সদর) is an upazila of Chuadanga District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Chuadanga was the first capital of Bangladesh. Geography Chuadanga Sadar is located at . It has 41135 hou ...

on the east,

Krishnaganj Krishnaganj is a village in the Krishnaganj CD block in the Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Krishnaganj is located at . Area overview Nadia district is mostly allu ...

CD Block, in Nadia District, West Bengal, India, on the south and Chapra CD Block, in Nadia district, on the west.

Demographics

According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Damurhuda had a population of 289,577. Males constituted 50.10% of the population and females 49.84. Muslims formed 75.81% of the population, Christians 23.48% Hindus 2.58%, and others 0.116%. Damurhuda had a literacy rate of 44.15% for the population 7 years and above. According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Damurhuda had a population of 213,291. Males constituted 51.69% of the population, and females 48.31%. The population aged 18 or over was 107,245. Damurhuda has an average literacy rate of 25.6% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Damurhuda Upazila is divided into Darshana Municipality and seven

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: Damurhuda, Hawli, Juranpur, Karpashdanga, Kurulgachhi, Natipota, and Perkrishnopur Madna. The union parishads are subdivided into 78 mauzas and 102 villages. Darshana Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 21

mahalla is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social i ...

References

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

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