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Kushtia (Bengali: কুষ্টিয়া (listen ⓘ)) is a city in the Khulna Division of southwestern Bangladesh. It is the thirteenth largest city in the country and second largest city in Khulna division. Kushtia is also one of the commercial cities. [5] It serves as the headquarters of Kushtia Sadar Upazila and Kushtia District. [6]
Kushtia District (Bengali: কুষ্টিয়া জেলা; pronounced [Kushtia Jela] ⓘ) is a district in the Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh largest city in the country. Kushtia has existed as a separate district since the partition of ...
The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas (Bengali: জেলা). [1] The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas. [2]
The term Bangladesh was often written as two words, Bangla Desh, in the past. Starting in the 1950s, Bengali nationalists used the term in political rallies in East Bengal (in the year 1971 it became Bangladesh) province of Pakistan. The term Bangla is a major name for both the Bengal region (Bangladesh and West Bengal) and the Bengali language
Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the country had four divisions: Chittagong Division, Dacca Division, Khulna Division, and Rajshahi Division. In 1982, the English spelling of the Dacca Division (along with the name of the capital city) was changed into Dhaka Division to more closely match the Bengali pronunciation.
The urban centers of Bangladesh have a combined area of about 10600 square kilometers, which is 7% of the total area of Bangladesh. As such, Bangladesh has a very high urban population density: 4028 persons per square kilometer (2011), whereas the rural density is significantly lower: 790 persons per square kilometer (2011). [1]
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As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kumarkhali upazila had 79,008 households and a population of 328,457. 70,884 (21.58%) inhabitants were under 10 years of age.. Kumarkhali had an average literacy rate of 45.3%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1009 females per 1000 males. 21,914 (6.67%) of the population lived in ur