Kawkhali ( bn, কাউখালী ) 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 ...

Pirojpur District Pirojpur () is a district (zilla) in southern-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Barisal Division. Etymology According to myth, the second son of Subedar Shah Shuja, Firoz Shah, died in this area, and the area became known subsequently as 'Fi ...

in the Division of

Barisal Barisal ( or ; bn, বরিশাল, ), officially known as Barishal, is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal Dist ...

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Geography

Kawkhali is located at . It has 13,763 households and a total area of 79.64 km².

Demographics

According to the 1991 Bangladesh

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, Kawkhali had a population of 70,347, of whom 37,391 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 50.46% of the population, and females 49.54%. Kawkhali had an average literacy rate of 50.4% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Kawkhali 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: Amrajuri, Chirapara Parshaturia, Kawkhali, Sayna Raghunathpur, and Shial Kati. The union parishads are subdivided into 45 mauzas and 59 villages.

Kawkhali town

Kawkhali is a small town and its communication depends on rivers and roads. It has a launch & steamer station which dates from the British period. The

Gabkhan Channel Gabkhan Channel is a canal connecting Pirojpur District of Bangladesh with Jhalakati District. The canal was excavated during the British period in 1918 to connect the Sandha River of Pirojpur district and the Sugandha River of Jhalakati district ...

starts from Kawkhali near the village of

Ashoa Ashoa is a small village in Kawkhali Upazila of Pirojpur District in Bangladesh. The Gabkhan Channel, which is known as the Suez Canal The Suez Canal ( arz, قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egyp ...

. On it many ships run from Mongla seaport to Dhaka.

References

Upazilas of Pirojpur District {{Barisal-geo-stub

Geography

Demographics

Administration

Kawkhali town

See also

References