Jhikargachha ( Bengali : ঝিকরগাছা ) is an upazila of Jessore District in the Division of Khulna , Bangladesh .
5-406: As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Jhikargachha upazila had 72,266 households and a population of 298,908. 59,174 (19.80%) were under 10 years of age. Jhikargachha had an average literacy rate of 53.02%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1032 females per 1000 males. 41,439 (13.86%) of the population lived in urban areas. At the 1991 Bangladesh census , Jhikargachha had
10-602: A population of 235,882. Males constituted 51.24% of the population and females 48.76%. The population aged 18 or older was 119,652. Jhikargachha had an average literacy rate of 27.9% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%. Jhikargacha thana was turned into an upazila in 1983. Jhikargacha Upazila is divided into Jhikargacha Municipality and 11 union parishads : Bankra, Ganganandapur, Gadkhali, Hajirbagh, Jhikargachha, Magura, Nabharan, Nibaskhola, Panisara, Shankarpur, and Shimula. The union parishads are subdivided into 164 mauzas and 174 villages. Jhikargacha Municipality
15-460: Is subdivided into 9 wards and 15 mahallas . According to Banglapedia , Jhikargacha B. M. High School, founded in 1936, Ganganandapur High School (1940), Jhikargachha Pilot Girls High School (1953), Jhikargacha M. L. High School (1888), and Raghunath Nagar Secondary School (1922) are notable secondary schools. 2011 Bangladesh census Religion in Bangladesh (2011 Census) In 2011,
20-771: The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh , which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census . Data were recorded from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh , including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active population, literacy and educational attainment, religion, number of children etc. Bangladesh and India also conducted their first joint census of areas along their border in 2011. According to
25-404: The census, Hindus constituted 8.5 per cent of the population as of 2011, down from 9.6 per cent in the 2001 census . Bangladesh has a population of 144,043,697 as per the 2011 census report. The majority of 130,201,097 reported that they were Muslims, 12,301,331 reported as Hindus, 864,262 as Buddhists, 532,961 as Christians and 201,661 as others. This Bangladeshi history-related article
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