# Barguna District, Barishal Division – Upazilas & Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/barguna/

District · Barishal Division 

# Barguna District

Barguna District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Barishal Division. It had an estimated **898,288 people** in 2022 on 1,535 km² (about 585 per km²). It is divided into 6 upazilas. 474 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 246 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 898,288people (2022)
- 1,535km²
- 6upazilas
- 246mapped services

## How many people live in Barguna District?

Barguna District had an estimated **898,288 people** in 2022 — 11.1% of Barishal Division, 58th of 64 districts. There are 1,109 women for every 1,000 men (above the Barishal Division figure of 1,097). Spread over 1,535 km², that is about **585 people per km²**, 56th of 64 districts.

24.6% of people are children under 15 and 9.2% are 65 or older; the median age is about 32 years (it is 30 across Barishal Division). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 51 children and older people.

0–4 ****71,250**

5–9 ****74,172**

10–14 ****75,817**

15–19 ****60,238**

20–24 ****64,037**

25–29 ****71,471**

30–34 ****72,365**

35–39 ****68,436**

40–44 ****59,206**

45–49 ****59,252**

50–54 ****53,363**

55–59 ****47,159**

60–64 ****38,813**

65–69 ****30,569**

70–74 ****22,397**

75–79 ****15,623**

80+ ****14,120**

Source: [UNFPA and US Census Bureau (USCB) via OCHA HDX, population 2022 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-bgd).

## Where is Barguna District?

Barguna District lies in [Barishal Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 5 other districts: [Bagerhat District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/bagerhat/), [Barishal District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/barishal/), [Jhalokati District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/jhalokati/), [Patuakhali District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/patuakhali/) and [Pirojpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/pirojpur/). By area it is the 43rd largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 12.1% of [Barishal Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/). The centre of Barguna District is about 179 km in a straight line from Dhaka, the capital. It is about 69 km from Barishal, the main town of Barishal Division. The centre point is at 22.1283° N, 90.1101° E.

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd).

## Upazilas of Barguna District

Upazila Area km² Localities Services 

[Amtali Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/barguna/amtali/) 310 120 24 

[Bamna Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/barguna/bamna/) 100 47 6 

[Barguna Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/barguna/barguna-sadar/) 377 118 141 

[Betagi Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/barguna/betagi/) 169 62 10 

[Patharghata Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/barguna/patharghata/) 299 79 34 

[Taltali Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/barguna/taltali/) 281 80 31 

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

## Villages and localities in Barguna District

Open gazetteers list **474 villages, towns and localities** in Barguna District. The largest with a recorded population: Burirchar (29,542), Taluker Char Doani (24,563), Ayla Patakata (19,782), Natona (19,705), Phuljhuri (13,205) and Nachnapāra (12,484). Settlements here lie between about 2 m and 14 m above sea level (median 8 m).

- Adabaria
- Aga Thākurpāra
- Ajodhya
- Alirbandar
- Amkholāpāra
- Amlakitala
- Amrajuri
- Amratala
- Amtali
- Amtoli
- Angerpara
- Angkuchapāra
- Angulkata
- Angārpāra
- Anor Jailsha
- Arpangashia
- Asgarkati
- Athatgashia
- Ayla Patakata
- Badanikhali
- Badarkhali
- Badhuthakurani
- Badurgachha
- Badurtala
- Baijkata
- Bailiatali
- Bainbunia
- Bainchatki
- Baishtabak
- Bakultala
- Bakultali
- Bal Tabak
- Balaibunia
- Baliatali
- Balāibunia
- Bamna
- Banai
- Bandargachhia
- Bansbaria
- Bansbunia
- Bara Amkhola
- Bara Baliatali
- Bara Doāni
- Bara Gaurichanna
- Bara Jādabpur
- Bara Labangola
- Bara Mokāmia
- Bara Tengra
- Bara Tāleswar
- Baraitala
- Barapara
- Barguna
- Basuki
- Batipāra
- Batāibunia
- Bauthakurani
- Baza Samarta
- Bebāziākhāli
- Behala
- Bema
- Betagi
- Betbunia
- Betipara
- Betmor
- Betmora
- Betāgi
- Bhaijora
- Bhora
- Bhutmara
- Bhāijora
- Bibichini
- Boalkar
- Bukābunia
- Bura Mazumdār
- Burirchar
- Burirkhal
- Bādartala
- Bāirbunia
- Bāmaner Karuna
- Bāmna
- Bānsbania
- Bāra Bāgi
- Bāsanda
- Bātājar
- Bāzārkhāli
- Chalabhanga
- Chalitala
- Chalitatala
- Chalādānga
- Chandkhali
- Chandra
- Chaolapara
- Chaora Kalibari
- Char Latnimāra
- Char Lāithimāra
- Char Lāthimāra
- Charakgachhia
- Charduani
- Charerkola
- Charkanda
- Charkhāli
- Charpara
- Charpāra
- Chatkhāli
- Chaulāpāra
- Chhanbunia
- Chhatanpāra
- Chhonbunia
- Chhonāuta
- Chhopkhāli
- Chhota Badarkhali
- Chhota Bagi
- Chhota Baliatali
- Chhota Bhāijora
- Chhota Jādabpur
- Chhota Nilganj
- Chhota Potānia
- Chhota Pātharghāta
- Chhota Tengra
- Chhota Tāleswer
- Chhoto Gaurichanna
- Chhumbunia
- Chila Chhonauta
- Chohta Labangola
- Chowra
- Chunākhāli
- Chālitābunia
- Chāora
- Chārākhāli
- Chāula
- Dakshin Char Doani
- Dakshin Chhota Mokāmia
- Dakshin Gyanpara
- Dakshin Jorākhāli
- Dakshin Kalikabari
- Dakshin Kupdon
- Dakshin Kālikābāri
- Dalachura
- Dalbhanga
- Darikāta
- Debpura
- Desāntarkāti
- Dhalua
- Dhanāi Arinda
- Dharmanārāyan
- Dhushkhāli
- Dibirchara
- Doātchora
- Duatali
- Dālāchora
- East Betāgi
- East Chila
- East Chunākhāli
- East Chāora
- Ekarbunia
- Fakirkhāli
- Gabbaria
- Gabtali
- Gaharpur
- Gariābunia
- Garjanbunia
- Gaurichanna
- Gazi Mahmud
- Gendamara
- Gera Marddan
- Gerābunia
- Ghatbaria
- Ghatkhali
- Ghoramāra
- Ghosher Haoli
- Ghutabachha
- Ghāikhāli
- Gilatala
- Gochkali
- Godānga
- Goikhāli
- Gojkhāli
- Golaghata
- Golbania
- Golbunia
- Golāghāta
- Gopkhali
- Guchchhagrām
- Gudighata
- Gudikata
- Gulbania
- Gulbunia
- Gulisakhāli Golkhāli
- Gulishakhali
- Gulisākhāli
- Gyanpara
- Gābbāria
- Gāzipur
- Haldia
- Haridrabaria
- Harimrioyunjoy
- Harinbaria
- Harintana
- Haripara
- Haulibunia
- Haulinunia
- Hazarbigha
- Helenchabaria
- Hogalpati
- Hoglapasha
- Hosnābād
- Hulatana
- Hārinkhola
- Hārintāna
- Hārtalibāria
- Hātempur
- Itbaria
- Jailkhana
- Jakirtabak
- Jaliaghata
- Jalisa
- Jangalia
- Jarakhali
- Jhapjhāpia
- Jhelbunia
- Jhopkhāli
- Jnānpāra
- Joalbhanga
- Joilsha
- Joynagar
- Joālbhānga
- Jugia
- Jugir Tabak
- Jugirtabak
- Jāfrākhāli
- Jātrābāhār
- Kabirājpāra
- Kachupatra
- Kachupātra
- Kadamtala
- Kagchira
- Kaiālghāta
- Kakchira
- Kalagachhia
- Kalarang
- Kalatala
- Kalipur
- Kalirchar
- Kalirtabak
- Kalmegha
- Kalāgāch
- Kalāgāchia
- Kanthaltali
- Karaibaria
- Karaibunia
- Karaitala
- Karamjāpāra
- Katakhali
- Kathachora
- Kathaltāli
- Kazirābād
- Keorabunia
- Keoratala
- Keorābunia
- Kewābunia
- Khagbunia
- Khajura
- Khajurtala
- Khakuānil
- Khantākhāli
- Khastabak
- Khathaltali
- Khokuāni
- Kholpatua
- Khontakata
- Khuchnichora
- Khāgdan
- Khājulia
- Kiranpur
- Kisinat Karuna
- Kismat Bholānāthpur
- Korak
- Krishnanagar
- Kukua
- Kulāirchar
- Kumarkhali
- Kumirmara
- Kumrākhāli
- Kuralia
- Kālamegha
- Kālibari
- Kālibāri
- Kālikābāri
- Kālipur
- Kāllbari
- Kālāia
- Kāpālipura
- Kāthālia
- Kātākhāli
- Kāunia
- Kāzirkhāli
- Labangola
- Lakshmipur
- Lakshmipura
- Lakurtala
- Latabaria
- Latakata
- Latābunia
- Lemua
- Locha
- Lāupāra
- Madartali
- Madhya Kupdon
- Mahishdānga
- Mahishkāta
- Mainkhāli
- Maitha
- Majidbaria
- Manasatali
- Manik Khāli
- Manikjuri
- Manikkhali
- Manipāra
- Mansatali
- Mara Nidra
- Markhali
- Matarkhal
- Matbaria
- Maupara
- Mehergāzi
- Mollarhbra
- Momeshyapara
- Monokhyapāra
- Morabipāra
- Moāpāra
- Māchhua Khāli
- Mālipāra
- Mātbaria
- Nachna Para
- Nachnapara
- Nachnapāra
- Naibartabak
- Naioripāra
- Nalbunia
- Nali
- Naltona
- Napitkhali
- Natona
- Naupāra
- Nidrārchar
- Nij Bāmna
- Nij Lathimara
- Nilganj
- Nilmādhab
- Nimtali
- Nishanbaria
- Nishānbāria
- Nisānbāria
- North Bholānāthpur
- North Tiākhāli
- Noāpāra
- Nāchnābārā
- Nāiyāri
- Nāli
- Nātharipāra
- Padma
- Padmā Guchchhagrām
- Pajrabhanga
- Pakurgachhia
- Panchakuralia
- Panghata
- Parbati
- Parirkhal
- Paschim Kalmegha
- Patakata
- Pathakata
- Patharghata
- Patākāta
- Paurashava
- Phuldhalua
- Phuljhuri
- Phuljhury
- Phultaia
- Phultala
- Phultali
- Potkakhali
- Potkākhāli
- Pujākhola
- Pukuribangaon
- Purakata
- Purba Ghutābāchha
- Purba Kalmegha
- Purba Keorabunia
- Purbu Chālitābunia
- Putiākhāli
- Pānjrābhānga
- Pātharghata
- Pātākata
- Pātākāta
- Radhakanta
- Raihanpur
- Rajapara
- Rakshachandi
- Ramna
- Raogha

…and 74 more.

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Barguna District

Named natural and historic features inside Barguna District, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

73 rivers and streams.

- Adania Khāl
- Amtali Don
- Amua Don
- Andapara
- Andārmānick River
- Arua Nall
- Ayla River
- Badurgachha Khāl
- Badurtala Khāl
- Bagi Don
- Bagir
- Bagir Khāl
- Balaibunia Khāl
- Bara Amkhola Khāl
- Bashtala Khāl
- Behalar
- Berar Khāl
- Boalia Khāl
- Burirchar
- Chakālnara Don
- Chalitatali
- Chaora River
- Char Doani
- Char Lāthimārā Bharani Khāl

…and 49 more.

### Coast and islands

2 islands.

- Gulishakhali Char
- Ruhitar Char

### Forests and nature

2 forest reserves; 1 forest.

- Bākarganj Sundarbans
- Lāldia Reserved Forest
- Sundarbans Reserved Forest

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Barguna District and the best time to visit

In Barguna District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (19 °C). About 2,830 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (701 mm) and the driest Jan (10 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to March**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 19 10 

Feb 23 27 

Mar 27 46 

Apr 29 96 

May 29 243 

Jun 29 464 

Jul 28 701 

Aug 28 500 

Sep 28 383 

Oct 27 281 

Nov 24 64 

Dec 20 15 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Barguna District

Places mapped inside Barguna District in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals13
- Banks24
- Petrol pumps3
- Hotels9
- Shopping malls2
- Schools137
- Colleges and universities34
- Cinemas2
- Pharmacies3
- Restaurants13
- Police stations6

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Quick answers

- Where is Barguna District?In Barishal Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Barguna District?898,288 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Barguna District?About 32 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Barguna District?About 585 people per km²
- What borders Barguna District?Bagerhat District, Barishal District, Jhalokati District, Patuakhali District and Pirojpur District
- How many villages are in Barguna District?474 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Barguna District?Settlements lie between 2 m and 14 m
- What is the best time to visit Barguna District?November to March
- How many hospitals are in Barguna District?13 mapped
- How many banks are in Barguna District?24 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Barguna District?3 mapped
- What is the P-code of Barguna District?BD1004 (OCHA common operational dataset)