Kachua () is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...

Bagerhat District Bagerhat District () is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Khulna Division. Geography Bagerhat district has a total area of 44,959.11 square kilometres. It is bounded by Gopalganj District and Narail District on the north, ...

in the Division of

Khulna Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the seco ...

, Bangladesh. Kachua Thana was turned into an upazila in 1983. Distance from Kachua to the district town is 16 km.

Geography

Kachua is located at . It has 23,201 households and a total area of 131.62 km². The Upazila is bordered by Chitalmari Upazila to the north, Nazirpur and Pirojpur Sadar Upazilas to the east,

Bagerhat Sadar Upazila Bagerhat Sadar () is an upazila of Bagerhat District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. The municipality was established in 1958. It consists of 9 wards and 31 mahallas. History Khan Jahan Ali established a pargana named Khalifatabad here in 1 ...

to the west and

Morrelganj Upazila Morrelganj () is an upazila of Bagerhat District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh. Morrelganj thana was established in 1909 and became an upazila in 1985, Morrelganj Municipality was established in 1998. History Morrelganj is named after the Morre ...

to the south. The main rivers are Baleshwar,

Bhairab Bhairab (), also known as Bhairab Bazar () is a town in central Bangladesh, located in Kishoreganj District in Dhaka Division. It is the administrative headquarters and urban centre of Bhairab Upazila. Around 156,000 people live here which makes ...

and Bishkhali.

Demographics

As of the

2011 Census of Bangladesh 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 r ...

, Kachua upazila had 23,201 households and a population of 97,011. 19,958 (20.57%) were under 10 years of age. Kachua had an average literacy rate of 56.78%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1030 females per 1000 males. 9,473 (9.76%) of the population lived in urban areas. According to the

2001 Bangladesh census In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati ...

, the population was 100,093. Those aged 18 or over was 33675 (males) and 33677 (females). Kachua had an average literacy rate of 61.5% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%. 76.39% of the population was

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

, 23.58%

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

, and 0.03% followed other religions.

Arts and culture

Kachua has a public library, a theatre group, over 20 rural clubs and 34 women's organizations.

Points of interest

Historical landmarks include Moghia raj bari (royal maghiya house) and archaeological heritage Shibpur Shivabari (1300 AD). There is a raj temple (royal temple) used to worship gods and kings before. Here, Kali, Shyama, and the newly- week worship were. The Hindu people village still has people worship different gods dedabira. Punno Sanan (borunir bath) is a religious fair attended by more than 50,000 people every year. During the War of Liberation in 1971 the Razakars killed 42 innocent people at Shakharikathi Hat of Badhal Union. There are two memorials and seven mass graves.

Administration

Kachua Upazila is divided into seven

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

s: Badhal, Dhopakhali, Gazalia, Gopalpur, Kachua, Maghia, and Raripara. The union parishads are subdivided into 77 mauzas and 98 villages.

Education

The average literacy rate of the upazila is 42.5%; males make up 47.5% and females 37.3%. Educational institutions include two colleges, 16 high schools, 8 madrasa, 48 government primary school, and 42 non-government primary schools. Notable institutions include Goalmath Rashikpal High School (1916) and Baraikhali Government Primary School (1918).

Notable people

* Dibbendu Dwip, writer and researcher

References

{{Authority control Upazilas of Bagerhat District