Satkhira district
4 parliamentary seats · 7 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Satkhira district
Satkhira District is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It lies along the border with West Bengal, India. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River. The largest city and headquarters of this district is Satkhira.
Geography
Satkhira District has an area of 3,817 square kilometres. It is bordered to the north by Jessore District, on the south by the Bay of Bengal, to the east by Khulna District, and to the west by North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal, India. The annual average maximum temperature reaches 35.5 °C; minimum temperature is 12.5 °C. The annual rainfall is 1710 mm.
People
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Satkhira District had 566,752 households and a population of 2,196,582 with an average 3.85 people per household. Among the population, 360,699 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 575 people per km2.
Economy
The economy of Satkhira is mainly agriculture based. But it has diverse opportunity of economic prosperity. One land port and several export products make Satkhira as the next prosperous district of Bangladesh. Most people in the southern part of Satkhira depend on pisciculture, locally called gher. Main fruits are mango, blackberry, jackfruit, banana, papaya, litchi, coconut and guava.
Places to see
Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world, is a World Heritage Site, and covers an area of 5,747 square kilometres. The region is home to many ancient buildings and temples such as Sultanpur Shahi Mosque and Pir-e-Kamel Kari Hafez Sah-Sufi Jonab Hazrat Maolana Azizur Rahman was a Muslim Sufi Saint and local ruler Kalimakhali, assasuni upozila in Satkhira.
Source: Wikipedia, Satkhira District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Notable people of Satkhira
- Manoj Mitra
- Pori Moni, actress
- Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah
- AFM Ruhal Haque
- Soumya Sarkar
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Nilufar Yasmin
- Sabina Yasmin
- Amin Khan
- Moushumi
- Moushumi Hamid
- Falguni Hamid
Map of the district
Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap. 4 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Satkhira is a district in Khulna division with 4 seats in Parliament: Satkhira-1 (Kalaroa and Tala upazilas), Satkhira-2 (Satkhira Sadar and Debhata upazilas), Satkhira-3 and Satkhira-4 (Shyamnagar upazila). In the 13th Parliament the seats are all held by Jamaat-e-Islami. In the 12th Parliament (2024), of these seats the Awami League held 3 and the Jatiya Party 1.
Md. IzzatullahSatkhira-1, Jamaat-e-Islami
Muhammad Abdul KhaleqSatkhira-2, Jamaat-e-Islami
Hafez Muhammad Rabiul BasharSatkhira-3, Jamaat-e-Islami
G. M. Nazrul IslamSatkhira-4, Jamaat-e-Islami
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026