Rajapur is an Upazila of Jhalokati 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

Rajapur is located at 22.5667°N 90.1417°E . It has 28131 units of house hold and total area 164.33 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...

, Rajapur has a population of 143659. Males constitute are 49.93% of the population, and females 50.07%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 72392. Rajapur has an average literacy rate of 52.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.