Jhalokati

Jhalokati is a town in Jhalokati District, Barisal Division, in southern Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquarters and the largest town of the district, and it covers an area of 16.08 square kilometres (6.21 square miles). At the 2011 census Jhalokati Municipality had 12,399 households and 54,029 residents, of whom 10,519 (19.47 percent) were under ten years of age. The literacy rate for people aged seven and over was 77.89 percent, compared with a national average of 51.8 percent, and the sex ratio was 963 females per 1000 males.