Gangni is an Upazila of Meherpur District

Meherpur District

Meherpur is a district in South-western Bangladesh which is also the smallest district of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division. Before 1984, it was a part of Kushtia district. Meherpur is a historical district in Bangladesh because of the fact that the Proclamation of Independence was...

 in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

Gangni is located at 23.8167°N 88.7542°E . It has 43922 units of house hold and total area 341.98 km².

Demographics

Bangladesh census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Gangni has a population of 229138. Males constitute are 51.05% of the population, and females 48.95%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 117027. Gangni has an average literacy rate of 21% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.