Satkhira সাতক্ষীরা
City & Municipality
Circuit House, Satkhira
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Coordinates: 22°43′08″N 89°04′17″E / 22.718802°N 89.071277°E / 22.718802; 89.071277
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Khulna
District	Satkhira
Upazila	Satkhira Sadar
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Body	Paurashava (Municipal Corporation)
• Mayor	Taskin Ahmed Chishti
Area
• Total	32.39 km2 (12.51 sq mi)
• Rank	39th
Population  (2011)
• Total	113,322
• Density	3,500/km2 (9,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (Bangladesh Time)
National Dialing Code	+880

Satkhira(Bengali: সাতক্ষীরা) is a city and district headquarter of Satkhira District in Khulna Division, southwestern Bangladesh. The city has a population of about 113,000, making it the 20th largest city in Bangladesh. Satkhira also has a large proportion of the Sundarbans rainforest of Bangladesh.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Satkhira had 26,896 households and a population of 113,322. 20,102 (17.74%) were under 10 years of age. Satkhira has a sex ratio of 967 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 69.3%.^[1][2]