Kumarkhali

Kumarkhali is a municipality in the Kushtia District of Bangladesh, on the bank of the Gorai River. It has been well known since the British Raj for its traditional handloom industry and developed then as a river port and commercial center, trading in silk and indigo in the East India Company period. It is especially famous for its contribution to literature and culture and is often called the City of Museums. Kumarkhali Municipality was established on 1 April 1869, and Kumarkhali Government Girls' School, founded in 1863, is regarded as the first female educational institution in Bangladesh. The municipal area is 10.50 square kilometres, and the 2022 census counted 24,468 residents in 6,802 households, of whom 21,770 were Muslim and 2,698 Hindu.