Official Name: | Khoksa |
Native Name: | খোকসা |
Pushpin Map: | Bangladesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bangladesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Khulna Division |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kushtia District |
Population Total: | 17607 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | BST |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 23.8069°N 89.2847°W |
Postal Code: | 7020 |
Khoksa is a town in Kushtia District in eastern Bangladesh and the headquarters of Khoksa Upazila. It is about from Kushtia city.
Khoksa is on the east bank of the Madhumati River.
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Khoksa Municipality had 4,086 households and a population of 17,607. 9.1% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 58.8%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.[1] [2]
Khoksha railway station is northeast of town,[3] in Shomospur, on the branch line connecting Poradah and Goalundo Ghat.
Khoksa is on regional highway R710, which connects to the northwest to Kushtia, about away, and runs east about to the Faridpur–Daulatdia segment of national highway N7.
The Kali Puja festival is celebrated annually.
There are two colleges in the town: Khoksa Government College, founded in 1972, and Alhaj Saidur Rahman Mantu Mahila College.
According to Banglapedia, Khoksa Janipur Government Pilot High School, founded in 1910, is a notable secondary school.[4]