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History of Paikgachha Upazila: Naming: Paikgachha is an ancient and famous upazila of Khulna district. Paikgachha upazila is located 75 km south of Khulna district headquarters. Saral Dighi, Saral Khan's house and rice washing pond next to Kachari and Thana pond on the other side of the road still exist as witnesses of the times. A few villages witnessed the work of the soldiers or employees of Saral Khan. The name of the area where Saral Khan lived is Saral. The name of the village where the cowshed was located was 'Ghoshal'. 'Batikhali', the area where the pike-barkandajas used to guard the trees, the 'paikgachha' and the dighi that was dug with the people-laskar are still carrying the fame of simple khar as 'laskar' village. This is how Paikgachha Upazila was named. Paikgachha Thana was established on 22/04/182 AD. Mann Unnit Thana was established in 1982 and as an upazila in 1985. Paikgachha Upazila is located near the world famous mangrove Sundarbans. Its distance from Khulna district headquarters is about 75 km. Paikgachha municipality belongs to "B" class. Its total population is 2,46,963. The Muslim population is 1,8,564, the Hindu population is 60,332 and the Christian population is 1,07. The total area of ​​this upazila is 373,8 sq km.