Debhata Upazila
Debhata is an upazila of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh.
Geography
Debhata is located at. It has 29813 households and total area 173.21 km2.Debhata Upazila is bounded by Satkhira Sadar Upazila on the north, Assasuni Upazila and Satkhira Sadar Upazila on the east, Kaliganj Upazila on the south and Hasnabad and Basirhat I CD Blocks in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India on the west.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Debhata Upazila had 34,254 households and a population of 133,014. 8.19% were under 5 years of age. Debhata had a literacy rate of 78.71%: 82.01% for males and 75.48% for females, and a sex ratio of 98.58 males per 100 females. 42,126 lived in urban areas.As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Debhata upazila had 29,813 households and a population of 125,358. 23,882 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. Debhata had an average literacy rate of 54.82%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1008 females per 1000 males. 2,781 of the population lived in urban areas.
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Debhata had a population of 99,068. Males constituted 51.11% of the population, and females 48.89%. The population aged 18 or over was 50,418. Debhata has an average literacy rate of 30.9%, compared to the national average of 32.4%.