Kalai Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Kalai
locator_position = right
latd = 25.0583
longd = 89.1833
division_name = Rajshahi Division
district = Joypurhat District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 114183
population_density = 687
area_total = 166.3
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/joypurhat/Kalai.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Kalai
footnotes =

Kalai ( _bn. কালাই) is an Upazila of Joypurhat District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kalai is located at coord|25.0583|N|89.1833|E| . It has 23504 units of house hold and total area 166.3 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Kalai has a population of 114183. Males constitute are 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. 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

Kalai has 5 Unions/Wards, 109 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 158 villages.

ee also

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

References