Kotchandpur Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Kotchandpur
locator_position = right
latd = 23.4000
longd = 89.0167
division_name = Khulna Division
district = Jhenaidah District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 107193
population_density = 647
area_total = 165.66
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/jhenaidaha/Kotchandpur.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Kotchandpur
footnotes =

Kotchandpur ( _bn. কোটচাঁদপুর) is an Upazila of Jhenaidah District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kotchandpur is located at coord|23.4000|N|89.0167|E| . It has 19773 units of house hold and total area 165.66 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Kotchandpur has a population of 107193. Males constitute are 51.4% of the population, and females 48.6%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 54897. Kotchandpur has an average literacy rate of 26.9% (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

Kotchandpur has 8 Unions/Wards, 114 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 79 villages.

ee also

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

References