Magura District (Bengali: মাগুরা) is a district in southwestern Bangladesh, situated 176 kilometers from Dhaka. It is a part of Khulna Division.^[3]

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Magura district মাগুরা
District of Bangladesh
Binodpur B.K. Secondary School
Location of Magura District in Bangladesh
Expandable map of Magura District
Coordinates: 23.40°N 89.40°E / 23.40; 89.40
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Khulna
Headquarters	Magura
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	Mohammad Abu Naser Beg
Area
• Total	1,039.10 km2 (401.20 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	1,033,115
• Density	990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+06:00 (BST)
Postal code	7600
HDI (2019)	0.660[2] medium · 2nd of 20

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Magura district has 4 upazilas. They are:

1. Magura Sadar Upazila
2. Mohammadpur Upazila
3. Shalikha Upazila
4. Sreepur Upazila

Magura District (Khulna Division) with an area of 1039.1 km², is bounded by Rajbari district to the north, Jessore and Narail districts to the south, Faridpur district to the east and Jhenaidah district to the west. The district is flat plain in the heart of the Ganges Delta.

According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Magura District had 254,154 households and a population of 1,033,115. 187,703 (18.17%) were under 10 years of age. The population density was 994 people per km². Magura district had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 72.21%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1030 females per 1000 males. 18.90% of the population lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 8,548 (0.83%).^[1]

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Religion in present-day Magura district^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Religion	Population (1941)[5]: 86–87	Percentage (1941)	Population (2022)[1]	Percentage (2022)
Islam	183,266	59.74%	870,445	84.25%
Hinduism	122,782	40.02%	162,136	15.69%
Others [lower-alpha 2]	726	0.24%	534	0.06%
Total Population	306,774	100%	1,033,115	100%

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In 2011, Muslims constituted 82.01% of the population while Hindus were 17.92% of the population.^[4]

• Government Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Magura
• Arpara Government Ideal High School, Arpara, Shalikha Upazila
• Magura Govt. High School, Magura Sadar, Magura
• Magura Govt. Girls' High School, Magura Sadar, Magura
• Govt. H.S.S Collage, Magura Sadar, Magura

• Muhammad Sohrab Hossain, Twice MNA- Pakistan, MP- Bangladesh, Ex-minister-Bangladesh, One of the founding fathers of Bangladesh.
• Farrukh Ahmed, poet
• Amir Hamza (poet)
• Shamsun Nahar Ahmed, Member of Parliament, was from Magura District.^[6]
• Syed Ali Ahsan, poet
• Mir Hasem Ali, MLA of East Bengal Legislative Assembly.
• Syed Ator Ali, MPA of East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.
• M Yousuff Ali, fisheries biologist, policy planner..
• Mohammad Asaduzzaman, MP of Jatiya Sangsad.
• Shakib Al Hasan, all-rounder, Bangladesh National Cricket Team, MP Magura 1
• Kamrul Laila Jolly, former Member of Parliament
• Kazi Salimul Haque Kamal, two-term Member of Parliament for Magura-2
• Kazi Kader Newaj, poet
• Gangadhar Sen Roy, Ayurveda practitioner and Sanskrit scholar
• Biren Sikder, former State Minister of Youth and Sports
• Saifuzzaman Shikhor, Ex