Kaliganj Upazila, Gazipur

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

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]

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]

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

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, Saoraid bazar, Dolan Bazar, Aowrakhali, Punshahi Bazar. Noapara bazar.

• 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
• Abdullah Al Mamun
• Gazi Golam Mostafa
• Abujafar Shamsuddin

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