Paikgachha Upazila

Paikgachha is located at 22.5889°N 89.3361°E / 22.5889; 89.3361. It has a total area of 411.19 km².

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Paikgachha Upazila had 73,998 households and a population of 286,209. 8.03% were under 5 years of age. Paikgachha had a literacy rate of 75.17%: 80.00% for males and 70.34% for females, with a sex ratio of 100.36 males per 100 females. 37,751 (13.19%) lived in urban areas.^[6]

🟩 Muslim majority 🟧 Hindu majority

As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Paikgachha upazila had 59,873 households and a population of 247,983. 45,976 (18.54%) were under 10 years of age. Paikgachha had an average literacy rate of 52.83%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1001 females per 1000 males. 16,017 (6.46%) of the population lived in urban areas.^[7][8]

At the time of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Paikgachha had a population of 225,085, of which 51.14% was male, and 48.86% female. 117,629 of the citizens were aged eighteen or older. At the time, Paikgachha had an average literacy rate of 32.6% for those aged 7 years or older compared with the national average of 32.4%.^[9]

Paikgacha Upazila is divided into Paikgacha Municipality and ten union parishads: Chandkhali, Deluti, Godaipur, Goroikhali, Horidhali, Kopilmuni, Loskor, Lota, Raruli, and Soladana. The union parishads are subdivided into 149 mauzas and 212 villages.^[10]

Paikgacha Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 5 mahallas.^[10]

Paikgachha Bridge connects Paikgachha with Koyra Upazila successfully. The main route of transport to Paikgachha from other parts of the country is by bus.

• Sheikh Razzak Ali, the Member of Parliament for constituency Khulna-10 from 1979 to 1986 and for Khulna-2 from 1991 until 2001, was born in Paikgachha in 1928.^{[11][12][13][14]}
• Qazi Imdadul Haq, writer, was born in Gadaipur in 1882.^[15]
• Prafulla Chandra Ray, chemist, educator and entrepreneur, was born in Raruli-Katipara village in 1861.^[16]

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