Kaliakair Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Kaliakair
locator_position = right
latd = 24.0750
longd = 90.2167
division_name = Dhaka Division
district = Gazipur District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 232915
population_density = 741
area_total = 314.14
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/gazipur/Kaliakair.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Kaliakair
footnotes =

Kaliakair ( _bn. কালিয়াকৈর) is an Upazila of Gazipur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kaliakair is located at coord|24.0750|N|90.2167|E| . It has 45565 units of house hold and total area 314.14 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Kaliakair has a population of 232915. Males constitute are 51.21% of the population, and females 48.79%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 126799. Kaliakair has an average literacy rate of 28.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Administrative

Kaliakair has 9 Unions/Wards, 181 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 283 villages.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References