Kalai Upazila

Kalai Upazila (Bengali: কালাই উপজেলা) is an upazila of Joypurhat District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.^[3]

Kalai Upazila কালাই উপজেলা
Upazila of Bangladesh
Field in Begungram
Coordinates: 25°3.5′N 89°11′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Rajshahi
District	Joypurhat
Area
• Total	166.29 km2 (64.20 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	146,055
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code	5930[2]

Geography

Kalai is located at 25.0583°N 89.1833°E / 25.0583; 89.1833. It has 38,745 households and total area 166.29 km².

Demographics

Religions in Kalai Upazila (2022)[4]
Religion			Percent
Islam			95.31%
Hinduism			4.56%
Other or not stated			0.13%

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.^[5][6]

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.^[7]

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.^[8]

Kalai Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 34 mahallas.^[8]

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

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh