Kalai Upazila

Kalai
কালাই
Upazila
Field in Begungram
Field in Begungram
Location of Kalai
Coordinates: 25°3.5′N 89°11′E / 25.0583°N 89.183°E / 25.0583; 89.183
Country Bangladesh
DivisionRajshahi
DistrictJoypurhat
Area
 • Total
166.29 km2 (64.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
146,055
 • Density880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
5930[2]

Kalai (Bengali: কালাই) is an upazila of Joypurhat District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.[3]

Geography

Kalai is located at 25°03′30″N 89°11′00″E / 25.0583°N 89.1833°E / 25.0583; 89.1833. It has 38,745 households and total area 166.29 km2.

Demographics

Religions in Kalai Upazila (2022)[4]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 95.31%
Hinduism
 
 4.56%
Other or not stated
 
 0.13%

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kalai Upazila had 38,745 households and a population of 143,197. 26,847 (18.75%) were under 10 years of age. Kalai had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 49.82%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1021 females per 1000 males. 16,464 (11.50%) lived in urban areas.[5][6]

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kalai has a population of 114183. Males constitute 50.86% of the population, and females 49.14%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 60864. Kalai has an average literacy rate of 23.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[7]

Administration

Kalai Upazila is divided into Kalai Municipality and five union parishads: Ahammedabad, Matrai, Punot, Udaipur, and Zindarpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 109 mauzas and 148 villages.[8]

Kalai Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 34 mahallas.[8]

Education

The famous educational institutions of this Upazila are:

  • Kalai Degree College
  • Govt. Kalai Women's Degree College
  • Hatior Bahumukhi Fazil Madrasah
  • Kalai M.U. Government High School
  • Kalai Girls' High School
  • Omar Kindergarten School
  • Punat High School
  • Punat Girls' High School
  • Shanti Nagar Adarsha High School

See also

References

  1. ^ National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 401. ISBN 978-9844752016.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh Postal Code". Dhaka: Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ Shahnaz Parveen (2012), "Kalai Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  4. ^ Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Joypurhat (PDF). District Series. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. June 2024. ISBN 978-984-475-234-4.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Joypurhat" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  6. ^ "Community Tables: Joypurhat district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
  7. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 27 March 2005. Retrieved 10 November 2006.
  8. ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Joypurhat" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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