Debhata Upazila
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| official_name = Debhata
| native_name = দেবহাটা
| settlement_type = Upazila
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| subdivision_name1 = Khulna
| subdivision_name2 = Satkhira
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| area_total_km2 = 173.21
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| population_total = 133014
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_footnotes = {{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=Dhaka |pages=400}}
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| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 9430{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/18935c75-e990-474a-b778-0de527950f6b |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=21 October 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |location=Dhaka}}
| website = [http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/satkhira/Debhata.gif Official Map of Debhata]
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| timezone = BST
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Debhata ({{langx|bn|দেবহাটা}}) is an upazila of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh.{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Debhata Upazila}}
Geography
Debhata is located at {{coord|22.5667|N|88.9667|E|}}. It has 29813 households and total area 173.21 km2.
Debhata Upazila is bounded by Satkhira Sadar Upazila on the north, Assasuni Upazila and Satkhira Sadar Upazila on the east, Kaliganj Upazila on the south and Hasnabad and Basirhat I CD Blocks in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India on the west.{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Debhata Upazila}}
Demographics
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As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Debhata upazila had 29,813 households and a population of 125,358. 23,882 (16.52%) inhabitants were under 10 years of age. Debhata had an average literacy rate of 54.82%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1008 females per 1000 males. 2,781 (2.22%) of the population lived in urban areas.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Satkhira |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila-Satkhira.pdf |website= |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Satkhira district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Satkhira.pdf |website= |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Debhata had a population of 99,068. Males constituted 51.11% of the population, and females 48.89%. The population aged 18 or over was 50,418. Debhata has an average literacy rate of 30.9% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.{{cite web | access-date = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archive-date = 27 March 2005 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}
Administration
Debhata Upazila is divided into five union parishads: Debhata, Kulia, Noapara, Parulia, and Sakhipur. The union parishads are subdivided into 59 mauzas and 125 villages.
See also
References
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{{Satkhira District}}
{{Upazilas of Khulna Division}}
Category:Upazilas of Satkhira District
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