Kalai Upazila


Kalai Upazila is an upazila of Joypurhat District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
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Geography

Kalai is located at. It has 38,745 households and total area 166.29 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Kalai Upazila had 42,695 households and a population of 146,055. 7.39% of the population were under 5 years of age. Kalai had a literacy rate of 69.82%: 74.19% for males and 65.64% for females, and a sex ratio of 96.44 males for every 100 females. 36,234 lived in urban areas.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kalai Upazila had 38,745 households and a population of 143,197. 26,847 were under 10 years of age. Kalai had a literacy rate of 49.82%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1021 females per 1000 males. 16,464 lived in urban areas.
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%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.

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.
Kalai Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 34 mahallas.

Education

The famous educational institutions of this Upazila are: