Koyra 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

Koyra is located at 22.3417°N 89.3000°E . It has 28061 household units and a total area 1775.41 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...

, Koyra has a population of 165,473. Males constitute 49.68% of the population, and females 50.32%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 80,830. Koyra has an average literacy rate of 32.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administrative

Koyra has 7 Unions/Wards, 72 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 131 villages.
The Unions are: Bagali, Moheswaripur, Moharajpur, Koyra, Uttor Betkashi, Daskin Betkashi and Amadi.