Assasuni (Bengali: আশাশুনি, Aashashooni, Ashashuni , means hearing the hope ) is an upazila of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh.
Assasuni
আশাশুনি | |
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Coordinates: 22°33′N 89°10.086′E / 22.550°N 89.168100°E | |
Country | Bangladesh |
Division | Khulna |
District | Satkhira |
Area | |
• Total | 374.81 km2 (144.71 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 268,754 |
• Density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
Website | assasuni |
Assasuni is located at 22°33′00″N 89°10′05″E / 22.5500°N 89.1681°E. It has 62037 households and a total area of 374.81 km2.
The Marichchap, Kholpetua, Betna and Kopothakkho are rivers of Assasuni.
As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Assasuni upazila had 62,037 households and a population of 268,754. 55,287 (20.57%) were under 10 years of age. Assasuni had an average literacy rate of 49.83%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1006 females per 1000 males. 8,585 (3.19%) of the population lived in urban areas.[1][2]
In the 1991 Bangladesh census, Assasuni had a population of 220,957. Males constituted 50.07% of the population, and females 49.93%. The population above the age of 18 was 110,961, with a literacy rate of 30.3% (7+ years), below the national average of 32.4%.[3]
Assasuni Upazila is divided into 11 union parishads: Anulia, Assasuni, Baradal, Budhhata, Durgapur, Kadakati, Khajra, Kulla, Pratapnagar, Sobhnali, and Sreeula. The union parishads are subdivided into 143 mauzas and 241 villages.[4]
Assasuni is now under severe natural threat. Water logging is miserable during the rainy season. Cyclone Aila affected Assasuni badly in 2009. Crops failed tremendously. The earthen embankments and seawalls are always on the threat of erosion during every rainy seasons.