Khulna Division

Khulna Division
—  Division  —
Map of Khulna Division
Coordinates: 22°55′N 89°15′E
Country	Bangladesh
Established
Area
• Total	22,285 km2 (8,604 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	15,563,000
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)

Khulna Division is one of the seven divisions of Bangladesh and is located in the south-west of the country. It has an area of 22,285 km² and a population of 15,563,000 at the 2011 Census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters is Khulna city in Khulna District.

Geography

The Khulna division borders the Indian state of West Bengal to the west, the Rajshahi Division to the north, the Dhaka and Barisal Divisions to the east, and has a coastline on the Bay of Bengal to the south. It is part of the Ganges River delta or Greater Bengal Delta. Other rivers include the Madhumati River, the Bhairob River and the Kopotokkho River. The region also includes several islands in the Bay of Bengal.

Administrative Districts

Khulna Division consists of the following ten Districts (zilas), subdivided into 59 sub-districts (upazilas):

District	Administrative centre	Area in sq.km.	Population 1991 Census	Population 2001 Census	Population 2011 Census (preliminary figures)
Bagerhat District	Bagerhat	3,959.11	1,431,322	1,549,031	1,461,000
Chuadanga District	Chuadanga	1,177.40	807,164	1,007,130	1,123,000
Jessore District	Jessore	2,570.42	2,106,996	2,471,554	2,742,000
Jhenaidah District	Jhenaidah	1,949.62	1,361,280	1,579,490	1,756,000
Khulna District	Khulna	4,394.46	2,010,643	2,378,971	2,294,000
Kushtia District	Kushtia	1,621.15	1,502,126	1,740,155	1,933,000
Magura District	Magura	1,048.61	724,027	824,311	913,000
Meherpur District	Meherpur	716.08	491,917	591,430	652,000
Narail District	Narail	990.23	655,720	698,447	715,000
Satkhira District	Satkhira	3,858.33	1,597,178	1,864,704	1,973,000
Total Division	Khulna	22,285.41	12,688,3832	14,705,223	15,563,000

Economy

Khulna was the backbone of the East Pakistan's main foreign currency earner Jute industry. There are many large Jute mills located in Khalishpur near Khulna city processing Jute fiber, besides the other heavy industries like Khulna News Print Mills and Khulna Hardboard Mills. The country's second seaport, Mongla Port, and the country's only ship building yard is located within Khulna division.

The largest mangrove forest in the world - the Sundarban - is spread over the three most southerly districts of Satkhira, Khulna and Bagherhat.

Education

The division boasts notable educational institutions including:

Universities

• Khulna University
• Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET)
• Khulna medical college

Colleges

• B.L College
• Khulna Girls College
• Khulna Public College
• Majid Memorial City College, Khulna
• M.A. Majid College, Dighalia, Khulna
• MM College, Jessore
• Shundorban College
• Cantonment Public School and College
• Jhenaidah Cadet College
• Phultala M.M. College
• Khan Jahan Ali Ideal College
• Pioneer Govt Mohila College

Schools

• Khulna Zilla School,
• Khulna Collegiate School,
• Coronation Govt. Girls School,
• Dighalia M.A. Majid Secondary School, Dighalia, Khulna,
• Fatima Girls High School
• Jessore Cantonment Public School,
• Rotary School,
• S.B.S.N, Damoder
• M.M. High School,
• Khulna Lions Schools,
• St. Joseph's High School,
• St. Jevier's School,
• Rev. Paul High School,

Other Educational Institutes

Besides, Khulna has six IGV (Integrated General and Vocational) schools and one technical school of UCEP (Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs), which is a non-profitable organization. Six IGV schools are:

• UCEP-K C C School, Rupsha
• UCEP-Sonadanga School, Sonadanga
• UCEP-M A Majid School, Fulbarigate
• UCEP-Khalishpur School, Khalishpur
• UCEP-Zohra Samad School, Tootpara
• UCEP-Wazed Ali School, Banorgati

and the technical school is: Khulna Mohsin Technical School, which is situated at 7, Junction Road , Baikali, Khulna.

Kushtia Zilla School, Kushtia is one of he best school in Khulna division and also reputed in Bangladesh.In Higher secondary level Kushtia Govt. College,Kushtia is playing the same role as KZS. For higher education Islamic University, Kushtia have become model in Bangladesh and thus Khulna division education level increasing day by day.

News Papers & Magazines

There are few daily and weekly newspapers are published from Khulna contributing to the development of mass media and free flow of information. Most notable news papers are the Purbanchal<rev>http://www.purbanchal.com</ref> and Daily Tribune etc.

Language

Bengali is the official language of Bangladesh. There are few thousand people of Pakistani or Bihari origin who speak Urdu, those people are stranded after the liberation war between Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) and Pakistan. Bihari people were actually from the state of Bihar and surrounding areas of India and they migrated to East Bengal or East Pakistan (presently Bangladesh) at the time of partition of India in 1947. These Bihari people were against formation of Bangladesh in 1971 as they favored Pakistan but after the war Pakistan refused to take them back. They actually use a mixed form of Urdu language, especially mixed with Bhojpuri, Bengali, Hindi and English.

English is widely used as the business language. Most of the educated people can speak and understand English. As English is used as medium of education in some educational institutions.

Munda, Domari, Romani, Telugu, Gujarati, Marwari and other minor languages are used by minority communities usually found in the cities.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

Census figures for 1991, 2001 and 2011 are from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Population Census Wing. The 2011 Census figures are based on preliminary results.