Mongla Upazila

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Mongla Upazila
Mongla
Division_name - District	Khulna Division - Bagerhat District
Coordinates	22.4833° N 89.6083° E
Area	1461.22 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	137947 - 94/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Mongla

Mongla (Bengali: মংলা) is an Upazila of Bagerhat District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Administrative
4 References

[edit] Geography

Mongla is located at 22.4833° N 89.6083° E . It has 27192 units of house hold and total area 1461.22 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^[1], Mongla has a population of 137947. Males constitute are 54.73% of the population, and females 45.27%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 77995. Mongla has an average literacy rate of 42.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. ^[2]

[edit] Administrative

Mongla thana was established in 1976 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. It consists of 1 municipality 5 union parishads, 37 mouzas and 77 village.

Mongla Municipality is old municipality in Bangladesh.

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