Sharsha ( bn, শার্শা) 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 ...

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 ...

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

Sharsha is located at . It has 46,084 households and a total area of 336.34 km². Sharsha Upazila is bounded by Bagdah CD Block in

North 24 Parganas district North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and f ...

in West Bengal, India and Chaugachha, upazila on the north,

Jhikargachha Jhikargachha ( bn, ঝিকরগাছা) is an upazila of Jessore District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Jhikargachha had a population of 298,908. Males constituted 49.22% of the ...

upazila on the east, Kalaroa upazila on the south and

Bangaon Bangaon is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bangaon subdivision. Geography Location Bangaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 m ...

and Gaighata CD Blocks in North 24 Parganas district 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 ...

, Sharsha had a population of 341,565. Males constituted 49.82% of the population and females 50.18%. Muslims formed 97.42% of the population, Hindus 2.47%, Christians 0.08% and others 0.03%. Sharsha had a literacy rate of 49.76% 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 ...

, Sharsha had a population of 258,789. Males comprised 51.4% of the population, and females 48.6%. The population aged 18 or over was 126,532. Sharsha had an average literacy rate of 25.5% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Sharsha Upazila is divided into one Municipality and 11 union parishads.

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

: * Sharsha Municipality

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: * Sharsha * Bagachra * Bahadurpur * Benapole * Dihi * Goga * Kayba * Lakshmanpur * Nizampur * Putkhali * Ulashi The union parishads are subdivided into 135 mauzas and 168 villages. Sharsha Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 12 mahallas.

References

Upazilas of Jessore District Jashore District Khulna Division {{Khulna-geo-stub

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