Satkhira District

The district consists of two municipalities, seven upazilas, 79 union porishods, 8 thana (police station) and 1436 villages.

The upazilas are:[2]

• Satkhira Sadar Upazila
• Assasuni Upazila
• Debhata Upazila
• Tala Upazila
• Kalaroa Upazila
• Kaliganj Upazila
• Shyamnagar Upazila

The two municipalities are Satkhira and Kalaroa.

• Chairman of Zila Porishod: Nazrul Islam[3]
• Deputy Commissioner (DC): Mohammad Humayun Kabir[4]

Satkhira District has an area of about 3,817 square kilometres (1,474 sq mi). It is bordered to the north by Jessore District, on the south by the Bay of Bengal, to the east by Khulna District, and to the west by 24 Pargana District of West Bengal, India.

The annual average maximum temperature reaches 35.5 °C (95.9 °F); minimum temperature is 12.5 °C (54.5 °F). The annual rainfall is 1710 mm (67 in).

The main rivers are the Kopotakhi river across Dorgapur union of Assasuni Upazila, Morichap River, Kholpetua River, Betna River, Raimangal River, Hariabhanga river, Ichamati River, Betrabati River and Kalindi-Jamuna River.[5]

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Satkhira District had a population of 1,985,959. Males constituted 49.49% of the population and females 50.51%. 90.05% of the population lived in rural areas and 9.95% of the population lived in urban areas. Satkhira District had a literacy rate of 52.07% for the population 7 years and above: for males it is 56.11% and for females 48.15%.[8]

Muslims formed 79.86% of the population, Hindus 15.70%, Christians 4.31% and others 0.12%. The Muslim population has increased continuously while the Hindu population has remained relatively constant and sometimes fallen.[9]

Shrimp hatchery

Most of the peoples of southern part of Satkhira depend on pisciculture, locally called gher. Main fruits are aam (mango), jaam (blackberry), kathal (jackfruit), kola (banana), pepe (papaya), lichoo (litchi), naarikel (coconut) and peyara (guava). Farms are 86 dairies, 322 poultry farms, 3046 fisheries, 3650 shrimp farms, 66 hatcheries and one cattle breeding centre. The main exports are shrimp, paddy, jute, wheat, betel leaf, leather and jute goods. Contribute 18.5% of Bangladesh economy. Recently, the wide spread crab fattening is contributing heavily in Satkhira's economy.

Tetulia Jame Mosque (1858-59)

Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world, is a World Heritage Site, and covers an area of 5,747 square kilometres (2,219 sq mi).

The region is home to many ancient buildings and temples such as Sultanpur Shahi Mosque (500 years old) and Pir-e-Kamel Kari Hafez Sah-Sufi Jonab Hozrat Maolana Azizur Rahman (Rh) was an Muslim Sufi Saint and local ruler Kalimakhali, assasuni upozila in satkhira (now in Bangladesh). Attractions also include the mangrove forest at Kaligonj Upazila. This forest, named Basjharia Joarar Ban, is popularly known as the forest of BADHA. The Joarar Ban is the cause of friction between Bangladesh and Indian border.

Recently established one medical college, 79 colleges, one primary teachers training institute, 421 high schools, 41 junior high schools, 259 madrassas, 822 government primary schools. Some of the notable educational institutions-

Satkhira Government College

Satkhira City College

Satkhira Medical College

Satkhira Government Girls’ High School

Satkhira Government High School

Satkhira Government Mahila College

Kaliganj Govt. College

Satkhira Day-Night College

Kalaroa government college

Jhaudanga high school

In 1994 few young people started a computer training center as a business and prepared some talents who later started other computer business and ultimately created the idea of digital Satkhira. Slowly the computer replaced manual type machine in the office, bank and other institutions. Schools and colleges started recruiting computer teachers. Many more young people started computer business. Manual (letter) printing presses switched to offset printing using the computer.

First local daily newspaper published name was "Doinik Satkhira Chitra".

First Computer Sales & Service Centre was "Mitul Computer Services"

First Computer Training Centre was "Cosmos Computer"

First Offset Printing Press was "Zahan Offset Printing Press"

In 1999 the Computer Association of Satkhira was established with 30 members. The first president was Mitul Md. Moniruzzaman and General Secretary was Nityananda Sarkar with Vice President Faruque ul-Islam and Sayed Iqbal Babu. Computer Association of Satkhira regularly organizes computer fairs in varieties location for ICT awareness. Some of computer fairs were supported by Bangladesh Computer Samity with the presence of Mustafa Jabbar, current ICT minister.

• A. F. M. Entaz Ali
• Habibul Islam Habib - ex-Member of Parliament-105, Satkhira-1, Bangladesh National Parliament, Publicity and Publication Affairs Secretary Bangladesh Nationalist Party[10]
• Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah
• AFM Ruhal Haque
• Soumya Sarkar
• Mustafizur Rahman
• Nilufar Yasmin
• Sabina Yasmin
• Amin Khan (actor)
• Moushumi
• Moushumi Hamid
• Falguni Hamid
• Tariq Anam Khan
• Afzal Hossain
• Rani Sarker
• Muhammad Wajed Ali
• Sikandar Abu Jafar[11]
• S.M Alauddin *M.R. Khan

• Districts of Bangladesh
• Khulna Division