Kaliakair () is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

in central

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

, located in

Gazipur District Gazipur District () is a district in central Bangladesh, that is part of the Dhaka Division. It has an area of 1806.36 km2. It is the home district of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and has been a prominent centre o ...

in the division of Dhaka. It is the administrative and

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Kaliakair Upazila Kaliakair () is an upazila (sub-district) of the Gazipur District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division. Geography Kaliakair is located at . It has 45,565 households and total area 314.14 km2. It is bounded by Mirzapur and Sakhip ...

. About 250,000 people live here which makes this city the 16th largest city in

Etymology

There is a popular belief that there was a big

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named Kalla Nag in a

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which is called ''pukur'' or ''pukair'' in

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. In course of time the name ''Kalla'' had changed as ''Kalia'' and ''Pukair'' had changed to ''Kair'' due to phonetic transformation. Thus the name Kaliakair was founded.

Geography

Kaliakair city is located at in the

of central region of

Demographics

As of the

2022 Census of Bangladesh The 2022 Bangladeshi census () was a detailed enumeration of the Bangladeshi population constituting the sixth national census in the country. It was scheduled to be held in June 2022, was conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, and th ...

, Kaliakair had 83,945 households and a population of 249,111. 13.84% of the population were under 10 years of age. Kaliakair had a sex ratio of 111.48 males per 100 females and a literacy rate of 85.50%.

Administration

Kaliakair city is governed by a

Paurashava Municipal corporations or municipalities (also known as pourasabha) () are the local governing bodies of cities and towns in Bangladesh. There are 330 such municipal corporations in eight divisions of Bangladesh. A municipal corporation serving a ...

named Kaliakair municipality which consists of 9

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and 18 mahallas, which occupies an area of 24.66 km². Besides, there are 3 adjoining 3 other

mauza In Bangladesh, Pakistan and parts of India, a mouza or mauza (also mouja) is a type of administrative district, corresponding to a specific land area within which there may be one or more settlements. Before the 20th century, the term referred to a ...

s as the other urban areas which all together constitutes a total area of 27.16 km².

References

{{Reflist Cities in Bangladesh Populated places in Dhaka Division