Kaliakair Upazila


Kaliakair is an Upazila of Gazipur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kaliakair is located at . It has 45565 households and total area 314.14 km².It is bounded by mirzapur and sakhipur upazilas on the north, savar and dhamrai upazilas on the south, gazipur sadar and sreepur upazilas on the east, Mirzapur upazila on the west.
Population Total'267003; male 138240, female 128763; Muslim 231672, Hindu 34306, Buddhist 910, Christian 30 and others 85. Indigenous communities such as Koch and Badey belong to this upazila.
Water bodies Main rivers: turag, bangshi, Salda; Boali, Hawla, Ujan and Markaj beels and Goala and Betjuri canals are notable.
Administration Kaliakair Thana was formed in 1923 and it was turned into an upazila' on 2 July 1983.'

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kaliakair has a population of 232915. Males constitute 51.21% of the population, and females 48.79%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 126799. Kaliakair has an average literacy rate of 58.3%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Kaliakair has 9 Unions/Wards, 181 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 283 villages.
Also has 1 Municipality with 9 wards.

Economy

There are 1000 + Garments factory in Kaliakair. Many Garemnts Worker living here.