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Kaliganj (Bengali: কালিগঞ্জ) is an upazila (sub-district) of Gazipur District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division.[1]

Kaliganj কালিগঞ্জ
Upazila
Kaliganj Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°55′30″N 90°34′00″E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
District	Gazipur District
Area
• Total	158.79 km2 (61.31 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	kaliganj.gazipur.gov.bd

Geography

Kaliganj is located at 23.9250°N 90.5667°E / 23.9250; 90.5667. It has 32588 households and total area 158.79 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kaliganj has a population of 175915. Males constitute 93.86% of the population, and females 87.14%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 87404. Kaliganj has an average literacy rate of 90.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 90.4% literate. Main occupations Agriculture 47.35%, dairy and fishery 1.89%, agricultural labourer 11.32%, wage labourer 2.11%, weaving 1.71%, commerce 9.22%, transport 1.79%, service 15.84%, others 8.77%.[2]

Administration

Kaliganj Upazila is divided into Kaliganj Municipality and seven union parishads: Baktarpur, Bhadursadi, Jamalpur, Jangalia, Moktarpur, Nagari, and Tumulia. The union parishads are subdivided into 151 mauzas and 175 villages.[3]

Kaliganj Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 23 mahallas.[3]

Education

According to Banglapedia, Saint Nicholas High School is a notable secondary school.[1]

Literacy rate: Average 90.9%; male 91.9%, female 87.8%.

Water Bodies: Shitalkshya River, Balu River, Punshahi Belai Beel, Suti Canal, Stuart-Barnared Canal, Patha Mara Canal.

Archaeological heritage and relics: Tomb of Isa Khan, the ruler of Bhati at Baktarpur, St. Nicholas Church (1695), Mazars and Dighi of Pahlwan Shah Gazi and Karforma Shah at Chaura, Tomb of Shah Bayejid and eight domed Mosque at Vatgati, Kachari Punshahi.

Religious institutions: Mosque 395, temple 19, church 6.

Important Business places: (Hat/Bazar): Kaliganj, Jamalpur, Pubail, Ulokhola, Saoraid bazar, Dolan Bazar, Aowrakhali, Punshahi Bazar. Noapara bazar.

Notable residents

• Meher Afroz Chumki, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs, has been Member of Parliament for constituency Gazipur-5 since 2009.[4]
• Humayun Faridi, actor, attended primary school in Kaliganj village.[5]
• Farooque[6]
• Rumana Khan^{[citation needed]}
• Abdullah Al Mamun^{[citation needed]}
• Gazi Golam Mostafa^{[citation needed]}
• Abujafar Shamsuddin^{[citation needed]}
• Nazmul Hoque Khan ^{[citation needed]}

See also

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

References

На других языках

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- [en] Kaliganj Upazila, Gazipur

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[ru] Калигандж (подокруг, Газипур)

Калигандж (бенг. কালিগঞ্জ, англ. Kaliganj) — подокруг в центральной части Бангладеш в составе округа Газипур. Образован в 1947 году. Административный центр — город Калигандж. Площадь подокруга — 158,79 км². По данным переписи 1991 года численность населения подокруга составляла 175 915 человек. Плотность населения равнялась 1108 чел. на 1 км². Уровень грамотности населения составлял 87,95 %. Религиозный состав: мусульмане — 87,95 %, индуисты — 10,54 %, христиане — 1,37 %, прочие — 0,14 %.

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