Kaliganj Upazila, Gazipur

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 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%.

Administration

Kaliganj has 8 unions: Kaliganj Sadar, Nagori, Tumulia, Bahadursadi, Jamalpur, Moktarpur, Jangalia and Baktarpur. There are 198 villages in this Upajila.

Education

According to Banglapedia, Saint Nicholas High School, founded 1920, is a notable secondary school. 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,Engr. Reazuddin Ahmed, Mahbubur Rahman khan.