Shailkupa is an Upazila of Jhenaidah District

Jhenaidah District

Jhenidah is a district in South-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division. It is an area 1949.62 km². On the norther it borders the Kushtia District on the north, to the south by Jessore District and West Bengal , to the east by Rajbari District and Magura District and to the...

 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

Shailkupa is located at 23.6917°N 89.2500°E . It has 51595 units of house hold and total area 373.42 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...

, Shailkupa has a population of 293341. Males constitute are 51.43% of the population, and females 48.57%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 151516. Shailkupa has an average literacy rate of 26.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.