Tala Upazila
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Tala is an upazila of the Satkhira District
Satkhira District
The district of Satkhira consists 3296 mosques, 1305 temples, 59 churches, 35 Buddhist temples, 8 tombs and 45 shrines.-Subdivisions:Satkhira subdivision was established in 1861 under Jessore district. It was included into Khulna district in 1882. The subdivision was upgraded into a district in...

 in the Khulna Division of 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...

. It was established in 1913 and made an upazila in 1983.

Geography

Tala is located at 22.7500°N 89.2500°E. It has 47394 households and a total area of 344.15 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...

, Tala has a population of 251388. 51.31% of the population is male, and 48.69% is female. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 134828. Tala has an average literacy rate of 29.7% (7+ years); the national average is 32.4%. Drinking water is a major problem.
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