Mirpur is an Upazila of Kushtia District

Kushtia District

Kushtia, Kushtia district or Kushtia Zila is a district in the Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia has existed as a separate district since the partition of India. Prior to that, Kushtia was a part of Nadia District under Bengal Province of British India. Kushtia was home...

 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

Mirpur is located at 23.9333°N 89.0000°E . It has 48215 units of house hold and total area 317.35 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...

, Mirpur has a population of 266046. Males constitute 51.76% of the population, and females 48.24%. This Upazila's eighteen-up population is 136611. Mirpur has an average literacy rate of 21.3% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4% literate.