Khoksa Upazila


Khoksa is an upazila of Kushtia District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.
WWW khoksa.kushtia.gov.bd

Geography

Khoksa is located at. It has a total area of 104.85 km2. It is bordered by Pangsha Upazila in Rajbari District to the east, Pabna Sadar upazila of Pabna district to the north, Kumarkhali upazila to the west and Shailkupa Upazila in Jhenaidah district to the south.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Khoksa Upazila had 37,402 households and a population of 143,832. 9.27% of the population were under 5 years of age. Khoksa had a literacy rate of 68.18%: 69.76% for males and 66.65% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.95 males for every 100 females. 30,689 lived in urban areas.

Administration

Khoksa Upazila is divided into Khoksa Municipality and nine union parishads: Ambaria, Betbaria, Gopagram, Janipur, Jayanti, Khoksa, Osmanpur, Samaspur, and Shimulia. The union parishads are subdivided into 82 mauzas and 103 villages.
Khoksa Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 18 mahallas.