Assasuni Upazila


Assasuni is an Upazila of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, Bangladesh.

Geography

Assasuni is located at. It has 40,735 households and a total area of 402.36 km².
Marichchap, Kholpetua, Betna and Kopothakkho are rivers of Assasuni.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Assasuni had a population of 268,754. Males constituted 49.86% of the population and females 50.14%. Muslims formed 72.94% of the population, Hindus 26.46%, Christians 0.50% and others 0.10%. Assasuni had a literacy rate of 49.83% for the population 7 years and above.
Bangladesh census, Assasuni has a population of 220,957. Males constitute are 50.07% of the population, and females 49.93%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 110,961. Assasuni has an average literacy rate of 30.3%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Assasuni has 11 unions, 143 mauzas and 242 villages.

Education

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.