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Upazila in Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Kalai কালাই
Upazila
Field in BegungramField 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
 • Total166.29 km (64.20 sq mi)
Population
 • Total146,055
 • Density880/km (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal code5930

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

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 km.

Demographics

Religions in Kalai Upazila (2022)
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.

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.

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.

Kalai Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 34 mahallas.

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. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Joypurhat" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
Joypurhat District
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Bangladesh Upazilas of the Rajshahi Division
Headquarters: Rajshahi
Bogra District
Joypurhat District
Naogaon District
Natore District
Nawabganj District
Pabna District
Rajshahi District
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