Bhola

Bhola is a town in southern Bangladesh and the district headquarters of Bhola District in Barisal Division. Its administrative role goes back to 1845, when Bhola sub-division was established under the Noakhali district with its centre at Amania of Daulatkhan. The sub-division was moved into the Barisal district in 1869 and then consisted of the Daulatkhan and Burhanuddin Hat police stations with three outposts, Taltali, Gazipur and Tazumuddin. The sub-divisional headquarters was shifted from Daulatkhan to Bhola in 1876, and the sub-division was raised to a district on 1 February 1984. At the 2011 census Bhola had 9,635 households and a population of 47,477, with a literacy rate of 76.04 percent and 939 females for every 1,000 males.