Kalai Upazila
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Geography
Kalai is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. It has 38,745 households and total area 166.29 km2.
Demographics
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.[3][4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
Kalai Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 34 mahallas.[6]
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
Template:Joypurhat District Template:Upazilas of Rajshahi Division