Kumarkhali Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Kumarkhali
skyline = Tagore Kuthibari.jpg
skyline_size =
skyline_caption = Shilaidaha Kuthibari, the famous residence of Rabindranath Tagore, is located at Kumarkhali
locator_position = right
latd = 23.8542
longd = 89.2417
division_name = Khulna Division
district = Kushtia District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 269008
population_density = 1012
area_total = 265.89
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/kushtia/Kumarkhali.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Kumarkhali
footnotes =

Kumarkhali ( _bn. কুমারখালি) is an Upazila of Kushtia District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. It is famous for the Shelaidaha area, where the poet Rabindranath Tagore spent a considerable time of his youth.

Geography

Kumarkhali is located at coord|23.8542|N|89.2417|E| . It has 48387 units of house hold and total area 265.89 km².

Demographics

As of|1991,the Bangladesh census listed Kumarkhali with a population of 269008. Males constitute are 51.77% of the population, and females 48.23%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 133845. Kumarkhali has an average literacy rate of 24.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Administrative

Kumarkhali has 15 Unions/Wards, 204 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 216 villages.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

External links

* [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/K_0319.htm Article] , from Banglapedia [http://www.kumarkhali.com/ Kumarkhali Home Page]

References