Kaliakair ( bn, কালিয়াকৈর) is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

(sub-district) of the

Gazipur District Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a district in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division. It has an area of 1741.53 km2. It is the home district of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and has been a prominent c ...

in central

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

, part of the

Dhaka Division Dhaka Division ( bn, ঢাকা বিভাগ, ''Ḑhaka Bibhag'') is an administrative division within Bangladesh. Dhaka serves as the capital city of the Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains a populati ...

Geography

Kaliakair is located at . It has 45565 households and total area 314.14 km². It is bounded by

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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. Water bodies Main rivers:

turag Turag River ( bn, তুরাগ নদী; ) is the upper tributary of the Buriganga, a major river in Bangladesh. The Turag originates from the Bangshi River, the latter an important ''tributary'' of the Dhaleshwari River, flows through Ga ...

, bangshi, Salda; Boali, Hawla, Ujan and Markaj beels and Goala and Betjuri canals are notable.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kaliakair has a population of 232915. Males constitute 91.21% of the population, and females 85.79%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 126799. Kaliakair has an average literacy rate of 90.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 90.4% literate. Population Total '267003; male 138240, female 128763;

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34306,

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910,

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30 and others 85.

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communities such as Koch and Badey belong to this upazila.

Economy

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

Administration

Kaliakair Thana was formed in 1923 and it was turned into an upazila on 2 July 1983. Kaliakair Upazila is divided into Kaliakair Municipality and nine

union parishad Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...

s: Atabaha, Boali, Chapair, Dhaljora, Fulbari, Madhayapara, Mouchak, Sreefaltali, and Sutrapur. The union parishads are subdivided into 183 mauzas and 264 villages. Kaliakair Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 18

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Upazilas of Gazipur District {{Dhaka-geo-stub

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