Bhola (town)

Bhola

ভোলা
Bhola ভোলা
Town and Municipality
	Bhola Location of Bhola town in Bangladesh Bhola Bhola (Bangladesh)
	Coordinates: 22°41′11″N 90°38′46″E / 22.686286°N 90.646065°E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Barisal
District	Bhola
Upazila	Bhola Sadar
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Paura Mayor	Mohammod Monirujjaman
Area
• Total	31.9 km2 (12.3 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	47,477
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)

Bhola (Bengali: ভোলা) is a town and district headquarter of Bhola District in the division of Barishal, Bangladesh.

Administration Bhola sub-division was established under the Noakhali district in 1845. At that time its administrative center was at Amania of Daulatkhan. The sub-division was included in the Barisal district in 1869. The sub-division then consisted of Daulatkhan and Burhanuddin Hat Thanas and three outposts, namely, Taltali, Gazipur, and Tazumuddin. The sub-divisional headquarters was shifted from Daulatkhan to Bhola in 1876. It was elevated to a district on 1 February 1984.^[3]

Demographics

Bhola has 9,635 households and a population of 47,477. 9,320 (19.63%) were under 10 years of age. Bhola had a literacy rate of 76.04% and a sex ratio of 939 females per 1000 males.^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Bhola (1991–2020, extremes 1965-present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	31.0 (87.8)	34.7 (94.5)	38.8 (101.8)	38.9 (102.0)	37.8 (100.0)	37.0 (98.6)	37.2 (99.0)	36.6 (97.9)	37.3 (99.1)	36.5 (97.7)	34.5 (94.1)	31.0 (87.8)	38.9 (102.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	25.4 (77.7)	28.6 (83.5)	32.0 (89.6)	33.2 (91.8)	33.1 (91.6)	32.0 (89.6)	31.1 (88.0)	31.4 (88.5)	31.6 (88.9)	31.8 (89.2)	29.9 (85.8)	26.7 (80.1)	30.6 (87.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	17.8 (64.0)	21.5 (70.7)	25.8 (78.4)	28.2 (82.8)	28.9 (84.0)	28.7 (83.7)	28.2 (82.8)	28.4 (83.1)	28.2 (82.8)	27.3 (81.1)	23.7 (74.7)	19.4 (66.9)	25.5 (77.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	12.3 (54.1)	15.8 (60.4)	20.9 (69.6)	24.1 (75.4)	25.3 (77.5)	26.1 (79.0)	26.0 (78.8)	26.1 (79.0)	25.8 (78.4)	24.1 (75.4)	19.3 (66.7)	14.4 (57.9)	21.7 (71.1)
Record low °C (°F)	4.4 (39.9)	9.5 (49.1)	12.3 (54.1)	17.5 (63.5)	19.0 (66.2)	20.4 (68.7)	22.7 (72.9)	23.4 (74.1)	22.0 (71.6)	18.5 (65.3)	13.0 (55.4)	7.5 (45.5)	4.4 (39.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	8.0 (0.31)	21.0 (0.83)	44.0 (1.73)	98.0 (3.86)	235.0 (9.25)	418.0 (16.46)	448.0 (17.64)	360.0 (14.17)	295.0 (11.61)	192.0 (7.56)	41.0 (1.61)	7.0 (0.28)	2,167 (85.31)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.0	12.0	19.0	24.0	23.0	17.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	119.0
Average relative humidity (%)	81	77	77	81	84	88	90	89	89	86	83	82	84
Mean monthly sunshine hours	190.0	198.4	212.9	208.5	184.7	128.9	117.7	133.1	136.6	190.3	209.4	180.6	2,091.1
Source 1: NOAA^[4]
Source 2: Bangladesh Meteorological Department (humidity 1981–2010)^[5]^[6]