Dighalia 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

Dighalia is located at 22.9083°N 89.5333°E . It has 20768 units of house hold and total area 77.16 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...

, Dighalia has a population of 107840. Males constitute are 53% of the population, and females 47%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 56104. Dighalia has an average literacy rate of 39.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administrative

Dighalia has 6 Unions, 30 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 41 villages.
They are:
1. Dighalia
2. Senhati
3. Barakpur
4. Gazirhat
5. Aaronghata
6. Jugipole

the Upazilla headquarter is situated in Dighalia union.