Khulna-খুলনা 5.7

History:
Khulna Division is one of the seven divisions of Bangladesh and is located in the south-west of the country. It has an area of 22,274 km2. and a population of 14.47 million. Its headquarters is Khulna city in Khulna District.
Boarder Area:
The Khulna division borders It is part of the Ganges River delta or Greater Bengal Delta. Other rivers include the Madhumati River, the Bhairob River and the Kopotokkho River. The region also includes several islands in the Bay of Bengal .
Geographical Info:
The Khulna division borders It is part of the Ganges River delta or Greater Bengal Delta. Other rivers include the Madhumati River, the Bhairob River and the Kopotokkho River. The region also includes several islands in the Bay of Bengal .
Area: 22,274 km2
Upozilla/Thana: 64
Union/Ward: 861
Village: 9284
Pouroshova/City Corporation: 28
Population: 1,46,04,000 [ Male – 75,32,000 , Female – 70,72,000 ]
Population density: 656 Sq Km
Literacy: 41%
Distance from Dhaka: 267 Km ( Highway ) , 628 Km ( Railway )

Economy:
Khulna was the backbone of the East Pakistan's main foreign currency earner Jute industry. There are many large Jute mills located in Khalishpur near Khulna city processing Jute fiber, besides the other heavy industries like Khulna News Print Mills and Khulna Hardboard Mills. The country's second seaport, Mongla Port, and the country's only ship building yard is located within Khulna division.
The largest mangrove forest in the World the Sundarban is spread over the three districts of Satkhira, Khulna and Bagherhat.


Educational Institute: (2005) Primary School – 8375 , Secondary School – 2506 , College – 403 .
Religion Institute: Mosque – 10737 , Mazar -68 , Temple – 59 , Church – 47.

Education
Universities: Khulna University, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Website http://www.khulnabazar.com http://khulnanews.blogspot.com Colleges: Khulna medical college, B.L College,Khulna Girls College . Khulna Public College, Majid Memorial City College, Khulna, M.A. Majid College, Dighalia, Khulna, MM College, Jessore, Shundorban College, Cantonment Public School and College, Jhenaidah Cadet College, Phultala M.M. College, Khan Jahan Ali Ideal College, Pioneer Govt Mohila College

Schools: Khulna Zilla School, Khulna Collegiate School, Coronation Govt. Girls School, Dighalia M.A. Majid Secondary School, Dighalia, Khulna, Fatima Girls High School Jessore Cantonment Public School, Rotary School, S.B.S.N, Damoder M.M. High School, Khulna Lions Schools, St. Joseph's High School, St. Jevier's School, Rev. Paul High School,

Other Educational Institutes: Besides, Khulna has six IGV (Integrated General and Vocational) schools and one technical school of UCEP (Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs), which is a non-profitable organization. Six IGV schools are: UCEP-K C C School, Rupsha UCEP-Sonadanga School, Sonadanga UCEP-M A Majid School, Fulbarigate UCEP-Khalishpur School, Khalishpur UCEP-Zohra Samad School, Tootpara UCEP-Wazed Ali School, Banorgati

and the technical school is: Khulna Mohsin Technical School, which is situated at 7, Junction Road , Baikali, Khulna.

Language
Bengali language (Bangla) is the official language of Bangladesh. There are few thousand Pakistani origin people or Bihari people speak Urdu, those unfortunate people are stranded after the liberation war between Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) and Pakistan. Bihari people were actually from the state of Bihar and surrounding areas of India and they migrated to East Bengal or East Bengal (presently Bangladesh) at 1947. They actually use a mixed form of Urdu language, especially mixed with Bhojpuri, Bengali, Hindi and English.

English is widely used as the business language. Most of the educated people can speak and understand English. As English is used as medium of education in some educational institutions.

Munda, Domari, Romani, Telugu, Gujrati, Marwari and other minor languages are used by minority communities usually found in the cities

News Papers & Magazines:
There are few daily and weekly newspapers are published from Khulna contributing to the development of mass media and free flow of information. Most notable news papers are the Purbanchal and Daily Tribune etc. The Purbanchal is available on the internet at http://www.purbanchal.com, http://www.khulnanews.com City politecnic institute. Northern University. Elax University.


Rivers: Ganga , Gorai , Modhumati , Pashur , Rupsha , Vourob , Kapotakkha , Mongla , Harin Ghata , Isamati , Kalindi , Kumar , haria vanga , Matha Vanga etc.
Special Persons: Mical Madhusudan Datta , Fakir lalan Shah , Mir Mosharraf Hossain , Kabi golam Mostafa , Kabi Dr. Nilima Ibrahim , Pramath Chowdhuri , farrukh Ahmed , Kazi Motahar Hossain etc.
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