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Kalihati (Bengali: কালিহাতী) is an upazila of Tangail District,[1] Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Kalihati কালিহাতী
Upazila
Location of Kalihati Upazila in Tangail District
Kalihati Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°23′N 90°0.5′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
District	Tangail District
Area
• Total	301.22 km2 (116.30 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	410,293
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code	1970
Website	Official Map of Kalihati

History

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It has a historical background during the liberation war in 1971. A great child of this land named Kader Siddiqui who later gained the great title "Bir Uttom" for his contribution to the war. After the liberation war he gave 32 trucks of weapons to the government. In the liberation period he formed a group named "Kaderia Bahini" with the brave bangalees. The "Kaderia Bahini" was very ferocious against the Pakistanis.

The Kalihati thana was established in 1928 and was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Geography

Kalihati is located at 24.3833°N 90.0083°E / 24.3833; 90.0083. It has 65035 households and total area of 295.6 km².The upazila is surrounded by Bhuapur & Ghatail Upazila on the north, Tangail Sadar and Basail Upazila on the south, Sakhipur Upazila on the east, and the Jamuna River on the west.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kalihati has a population of 410,293. Males constitute 51.55% of the population, and females 48.45%. Kalihati has an average literacy rate of 42.9% (7+ years). Literacy rate for male is 46.1% and for female is 39.8%.[2]

Administration

Kalihati Upazila is divided into 2 municipalities and 13 union parishads: Balla, Bangra, Bir Bashinda, Dashkia, Durgapur, Gohaliabari, Kok Dohora, Nagbari Union, Narandia, Paikara, Parkhi, Salla and Shahadebpur.[3]

Kalihati Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 18 mahallas.[4]

Elenga Municipality was established in 2013.[5]

Education

• Biyara Marua Govt. Primary School
• Elenga High School
• Jetendra Bala Girls High School
• Samsul Haque College
• Lutfor Rahman Motin Mohila College
• Elenga BM College
• Bangabandhu Textile Engineering College
• Kalihati College
• Kalihati R S Govt. Pilot High School
• Rajafair High School
• Nagbari Hasina Chowdhury High School
• Balla high school and College
• Rampur High School
• Lion Ferdous alom Firoz high School & College
• Narandia TRKN High School & College
• Nagar Bari Agriculture College
• Nagar Bari BM College
• Gopal Dighi K.P.U. High School
• Kasturipara Adarsha Junior Girls School
• Khilda High School
• Potol High School

Notable residents

• Debapriya Bhattacharya, economist^{[citation needed]}
• Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, jurist and President of Bangladesh (1972–1973); born in Nagbari in 1921[6]
• Manna, film actor and producer; born in Elenga village in 1964 and is buried there[7][8]
• Abdul Kader Siddique^{[citation needed]}
• Abdul Latif Siddiqui, Member of Parliament for constituency Tangail-4 1996–2001 and 2009–2015[9][10][11]
• Shajahan Siraj, Member of Parliament for constituency Tangail-4

See also

• Kalihati Town
• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References

На других языках

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- [en] Kalihati Upazila

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[ru] Калихати (подокруг)

Калихати (бенг. কালিহাতি, англ. Kalihati) — подокруг в центральной части Бангладеш. Входит в состав округа Тангайл. Образован в 1928 году. Административный центр — город Калихати. Площадь подокруга — 301,22 км². По данным переписи 1991 года численность населения подокруга составляла 354 959 человек. Плотность населения равнялась 1178 чел. на 1 км². Уровень грамотности населения составлял 27,5 %. Религиозный состав: мусульмане — 90,02 %, индуисты — 9,2 %, христиане — 0,15 %, прочие — 0,63 %.

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