Khoksha Upazila

 city, township, fourth-level administrative division, local government

Khoksa Upazila (Kushtia district) with an area of 99.17 sq km, is bounded by Kumarkhali upazila on the north, Shailkupa on the south, Pangsha on the east, Kumarkhali on the west. Main river is Gorai.

The location of Khoksa town is 23.8074426N 89.2843705E. Khoksa (Town) The area of the town is 3.13 sq km. It has a population of 6192; male 51.24%, female 48.76%; density of population is 1978 per sq km. Literacy rate among the town people is 44.5%. It has a dakbungalow.

Khoksa thana was turned into an upazila in 1983. It consists of 3 union parishads, 79 mouzas and 92 villages.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Population 93371; male 51.65%, female 48.76%; Muslim 83.88%, Hindu 16.08%, others 0.04%.

Literacy and educational institutions: Average literacy 25.2%; male 30.8% and female 19.2%. Educational institutions: college 4, high school 13, government primary school 42, primary school 27, madrasa 7; most noted of which is Khoksa Janipur Pilot High School (1900).

Main occupations Agriculture 33.58%, weaving 11.72%, agricultural labourer 21.77%, wage labourer 3.98%, transport 1.86%, construction 1.21%, service 5.01%, commerce 13.18%, industry 1.39%, others 6.6%,

Religious institutions Mosque 148, temple 63.

Land use Cultivable land 431.52 hectares; single crop 17.07%, double crop 66.5% and treble crop 16.43%.

Land control Among the peasants 17.96% are landless, 22.17% marginal, 21.31% small, 28% medium and 10.56% large.

Fisheries, dairies, poultry Fishery 1, poultry 1, hatchery 4.

Communication facilities Roads: pucca 29.1 km, semi pucca 20.53 km, mud road 200.43 km; waterways 30 nautical mile; railways 5.2 km.

Manufactories Flour mill 11, ice factory 3, rice mill 11, oil mill 8, saw mill 2 and welding 8.

NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa, Shatabdi, Manab Unnayan, Satatai Unnati, Karmamukti, Srijani.

Health centres Upazila health complex 1, satellite clinic 2, family planning centre 1.