Dacope is an Upazila of Khulna District

Khulna District

The district of Khulna consists 10859 mosques, 680 temples, 81 churches, 15 Buddhist temples and 9 tombs.-Places of interest:*The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world. The royal Bengal tiger inhabits the area; it is said that seeing the tiger enables a person to understand what a...

 in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

Dacope is located at 22.5722°N 89.5111°E . It has 25377 units of house hold and total area 991.58 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

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 distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Dacope has a population of 143131. Males constitute are 52.25% of the population, and females 47.75%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 78759. Dacope has an average literacy rate of 37.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 35.4% literate.

Administrative

Dacope has 10 Unions/Wards, 26 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 107 villages.police station situated Chalna.