Khoksa
{{short description|Town in Khulna Division}}
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| native_name = খোকসা
| settlement_type = Municipality and Town
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| subdivision_name1 = Khulna Division
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Kushtia District
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| population_total = 17607
| population_as_of = 2011
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| timezone = BST
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Khoksa is a town in Kushtia District in eastern Bangladesh and the headquarters of Khoksa Upazila. It is about {{convert|26|km}} from Kushtia city.
Geography
Khoksa is on the east bank of the Madhumati River.
Demography
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Khoksa Municipality had 4,086 households and a population of 17,607. 9.1% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 58.8%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/C_Kushtia.pdf |title=Community Report: Kushtia|author= |website=Population & Housing Census 2011 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2018-08-15}}{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.66/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/Census2011/Bangladesh_glance.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2011: Bangladesh at a Glance |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=July 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728231735/http://203.112.218.66/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/Census2011/Bangladesh_glance.pdf |archive-date=July 28, 2014 }}
Transport
Khoksha railway station is {{convert|5|km}} northeast of town,{{cite book |editor-last1=Garrett |editor-first=J. H. E. |title=Bengal District Gazetteers: Nadia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UxgmAQAAIAAJ |year=1910 |location=Calcutta |publisher=Bengal Secretariat Book Depot |page=173}} in Shomospur, on the branch line connecting Poradah and Goalundo Ghat.
Khoksa is on regional highway R710, which connects to the northwest to Kushtia, about {{convert|26|km}} away, and runs east about {{convert|50|km}} to the Faridpur–Daulatdia segment of national highway N7.
Arts and culture
The Kali Puja festival is celebrated annually.
Education
There are two colleges in the town: Khoksa Government College, founded in 1972, and Alhaj Saidur Rahman Mantu Mahila College.
According to Banglapedia, Khoksa Janipur Government Pilot High School, founded in 1910, is a notable secondary school.{{cite web |title=Khoksa Upazila |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khoksa_Upazila |website=Banglapedia |language=en}}