Khulna District ( bn, খুলনা জেলা , ''Khulna Jela'' also ''Khulna Zila'') is a district of

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 ...

. It is located in the

Khulna Division The Khulna Division ( bn, খুলনা বিভাগ) is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 15,563,000 at the 2011 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters and lar ...

. It is bordered on the north by the

Jessore District Jessore District (Bengali: যশোর, pronounced Jaw-shore, Anglicised: Jessore), officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna Distr ...

and the

Narail District Narail ( bn, নড়াইল, pron: ''nɔɽail'') is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Khulna Division. History Narail town was named after a feudal lord (a zamindar). The zamindars established a market at Roopgonj, als ...

, on the south by the

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, on the east by the

Bagerhat District Bagerhat District ( bn, বাগেরহাট, pron: ''bageɾɦaʈ'') is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division. Geography Bagerhat district has a total area of 3959.11 square kilometres. It is bounded by ...

, and on the west by the

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. T ...

. It was the very first sub-division of United Bengal Province established in 1842 under Jessore district. On 1 June 1882 by notification of the official gazette published from Kolkata, Khulna and Bagerhat sub-division of Jessore district and Satkhira sub-division of 24 Pargana district formed the new Zila 'Khulna'.

Geography and climate

Khulna District has a total area of . It borders

to the north,

to the northeast,

to the east, the

to the south, and

to the west. Major rivers of Khulna District are the

Rupsa Rupsa is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2659 people living in 423 individual hous ...

(a continuation of the Bhairab and Atrai), Arpangachhia, Shibsa, Pasur, and the Koyra.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Khulna district had a population of 2,318,527 of which 1,175,686 were males and 1,142,841 were females. Rural population was 1,540,939 (66.46%) while urban population was 777,588 (33.54%). Khulna had a literacy rate 60.14% for the population 7 years and above: 64.32% for males and 55.85% for females. 76.63% of the population was Muslim and 22.68% Hindu at the time of the 2011 census. There was a small minority of Christians as well which was 0.66% of the population. Khulna was a Hindu-majority part of Bangladesh before Partition, but during the massive riots in the 1950s and 60s most of the Hindus there fled to India. The population of Hindus and Christians has remained constant since 1981, but their absolute numbers have fallen massively.

Education

The district contains educational institutions including: ; School * Government Coronation Secondary Girls' School * Government Daulatpur Muhsin High School *

Khulna Zilla School Khulna Zilla School ( bn, খুলনা জিলা স্কুল) is the oldest high school in the Khulna district of Bangladesh. It was established in 1885. It provides education from class three (Grade-3) to class ten (Grade-10). The scho ...

Colleges * Govt Majid Memorial City College * khulna Government Model School and eCollage *

Khulna Medical College The Khulna Medical College (KMC) ( bn, খুলনা মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a government medical school in Khulna, Bangladesh. It is affiliated with Sheikh Hasina Medical University. It is located in the city of Khulna, near ...

* Khulna Collectorate Public School and College Universities *

Khulna University of Engineering & Technology Khulna University of Engineering & Technology ( bn, খুলনা প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, ) commonly known as KUET (; bn, কুয়েট), formerly BIT, Khulna, is a ...

Khulna University Khulna University ( bn, খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a public university in Gollamari, Khulna, Bangladesh. It is near the river Moyur, beside the Sher e Bangla Road (Khulna-Satkhira highway). The academic progra ...

Khulna Agricultural University , motto_lang = bn , mottoeng = Knowledge, Skill, Technology , type = Public agricultural university , established = , chancellor = President Abdul Hamid , vice_chan ...

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