Bhola ভোলা
Town and Municipality
Bhola Location of Bhola town in Bangladesh Show map of Barisal division Bhola Bhola (Bangladesh) Show map of Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°41′11″N 90°38′46″E / 22.686286°N 90.646065°E / 22.686286; 90.646065
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Barisal
District	Bhola
Upazila	Bhola Sadar
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Paura Mayor	Mohammod Monirujjaman [1]
Area
• Total	31.9 km2 (12.3 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	47,477
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)

Bhola (Bengali: ভোলা) is a town and district headquarter of Bhola District in the division of Barishal, Bangladesh.

Administration Bhola sub-division was established under the Noakhali district in 1845. At that time its administrative center was at Amania of Daulatkhan. The sub-division was included in the Barisal district in 1869. The sub-division then consisted of Daulatkhan and Burhanuddin Hat Thanas and three outposts, namely, Taltali, Gazipur, and Tazumuddin. The sub-divisional headquarters was shifted from Daulatkhan to Bhola in 1876. It was elevated to a district on 1 February 1984.^[3]

Demographics

Bhola has 9,635 households and a population of 47,477. 9,320 (19.63%) were under 10 years of age. Bhola had a literacy rate of 76.04% and a sex ratio of 939 females per 1000 males.^[2]