Kathalia is an Upazila of Jhalakati District in the Division of Barisal

Barisal Division

Barisal Division is located in south-central Bangladesh, with an area of 13,644.85 km2, and with a population of 8,147,000 at the 2011 Census . It is bounded by Dhaka division on the north, the Bay of Bengal on the south, Chittagong division on the east and Khulna division on the west...

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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

Kathalia is located at 22.4000°N 90.1250°E . It has 23904 units of house hold and total area 152.08 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data 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...

, Kathalia has a population of 123298. Males constitute are 50.02% of the population, and females 49.98%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 63714. Kathalia has an average literacy rate of 50.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.