Khulna Division

Khulna Division
খুলনা বিভাগ
Jahanabad
Division of Bangladesh
Clockwise from the top:
Sixty Dome Mosque, Khulna Shipyard, Shilaidaha Kuthibadi, Sundarbans, KUET and Hiron Point within Sundarbans
Nickname: 
Gateway to the Sundarbans
Coordinates: 22°55′N 89°15′E / 22.917°N 89.250°E / 22.917; 89.250
Country Bangladesh
Established1960
Capital
and largest city		Khulna
Government
 • Divisional CommissionerMd. Hilal Mahmud Sharif[1][2]
 • Parliamentary constituencyJatiya Sangsad (36 seats)
Area
22,284.22 km2 (8,603.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[3]
17,415,924 (Enumerated)
 • Urban
[3]
4,312,418
 • Rural
[3]
13,102,183
 • Metro
[3]
719,465
 • Adjusted Population[3]
17,813,218
Languages
 • Official languageBengali[4]
 • Indigenous minority languages
List[5]
Time zoneUTC+6 (Bangladesh Standard Time)
ISO 3166 codeBD-D
HDI (2018)0.641[6]
medium
Notable sport teamsKhulna Tigers, Khulna Division
Websitekhulna.gov.bd

The Khulna Division (Bengali: খুলনা বিভাগ, Khulna Bibhag) is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of 22,285 km2 (8,604 sq mi) and a population of 17,416,645 at the 2022 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters and largest city is Khulna city in Khulna District.

  1. ^ কনটেন্টটি শেয়ার করতে ক্লিক করুন. Khulna Division. Archived from the original on 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  2. ^ "List of Divisional Commissioners". Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  3. ^ a b c d e National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 386. ISBN 978-9844752016.
  4. ^ "The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh". Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.