Country Bangladesh District Madaripur District Website Kalkini Upazila | Division Dhaka Division Time zone BST (UTC+6) Area 280 km² | |
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Kalkini (Bengali: কালকিনি) is an Upazila of Madaripur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Geography
Kalkini is located at 23.0667°N 90.2417°E / 23.0667; 90.2417 . It has 46314 households and total area 279.98 km².
Demographics
Fasiatala and Bazrusar of Banshgari union are the Great Village in Kalkini Upazila As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kalkini has a population of 250916. Males constitute 50.37% of the population, and females 49.63%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 118534. Kalkini has an average literacy rate of 35.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Points of interest
The main places of public interests in Madaripur are Senapati Dighi, Arial Khan River, kalkini syed abul hossain university college.
Administration
Kalkini has 1 powrashva 14 Unions, 161 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 190 villages. Kalkini has 1 (one) Upazila parishad and 2 police station.
- Kalkini police station
- Dasar police station