Kalkini Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Kalkini
locator_position = right
latd = 23.0667
longd = 90.2417
division_name = Dhaka Division
district = Madaripur District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 250916
population_density = 896
area_total = 279.98
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/madaripur/Kalkini.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Kalkini
footnotes =

Kalkini ( _bn. কালকিনি) is an Upazila of Madaripur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kalkini is located at coord|23.0667|N|90.2417|E| . It has 46314 units of house hold and total area 279.98 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Kalkini has a population of 250916. Males constitute are 50.37% of the population, and females 49.63%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 118534. Kalkini has an average literacy rate of 35.9% (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

Kalkini has 15 Unions/Wards, 161 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 190 villages.

ee also

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

References