[3][4][5] The district consists of two municipalities, seven upazilas, 79 union parishads, 8 thanas (police stations) and 1,436 villages.

Satkhira District had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 75.32%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1009 females per 1000 males.

One land port (Bhomra) and several export products make Satkhira as the next properious district of Bangladesh.

Most of the peoples of the southern part of Satkhira depend on pisciculture, locally called gher.

Main fruits are mango, blackberry, jackfruit, banana, papaya, litchi, coconut and guava.

[citation needed] Export products Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world, is a World Heritage Site, and covers an area of 5,747 square kilometres (2,219 sq mi).

The region is home to many ancient buildings and temples such as Sultanpur Shahi Mosque (500 years old) and Pir-e-Kamel Kari Hafez Sah-Sufi Jonab Hazrat Maolana Azizur Rahman (Rh) was a Muslim Sufi Saint and local ruler Kalimakhali, assasuni upozila in Satkhira (now in Bangladesh).

Some of the notable educational institutions are: In 1994, a few young people started a computer training center as a business and prepared some talents who later started other computer businesses and ultimately created the idea of digital Satkhira.

Slowly the computer replaced manual machines in the office, banks, and other institutions.