Kaliganj
Upazila Gazipur District
Kaliganj (Bengali: কালিগঞ্জ) is an Upazila of Gazipur
District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Geography
Kaliganj is
located at 23.9250°N 90.5667°E . 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 51.86%
of the population, and females 48.14%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is
87404. Kaliganj has an average literacy rate of 33.6% (7+ years), and the
national average of 32.4% 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 has
8 unions: Kaliganj Sadar, Nagori, Tumulia, Bahadursadi, Jamalpur,
Moktarpur, Jangalia and Baktarpur. There are 198 villages in this Upajila.
Education
See also: Education
in Bangladesh
According to
Banglapedia, Saint Nicholas High School, founded 1920, is a notable
secondary school.[1] Wadud Bhuyan Scholarship Trust gives regular
scholarship to all GPA 5 holding JDC,JSC,SSC students since 2009. Literacy
rate: Average 54.9%; male 56.9%, female 52.8%.
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, Dolan
Bazar, Aowrakhali, Punshahi Bazar.
Notable
residents
Abu Zafar
Shamsuddin, Gazi Golam Mostafa, Shahid Moyez Uddin, Abdul Aziz Bagmar. A k
Fazlul Haque Milon, Abdullah Al Mamun, Meher Afroj Chumki,Film Actor Faruk,
Humayan Faridi, Film Actress Romana.principal Tayebur Rahma,Professor Dr.Ayubur
Rahman Bhuyan, Dr.Md.Amirul Haque, Dr.Md.Wadud Bhuyan, Principal Sayedur
Rahman,
See also
Upazilas of
Bangladesh
Districts of
Bangladesh
Divisions of
Bangladesh
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