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About Kalihati

Kalihati (Bengali: কালিহাতী) is an upazila of Tangail District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

History

It has a historical background during the liberation war in 1971. A great child of this land named Kader Siddiqui who later gained the great title "Bir Uttom" for his contribution to the war. After the liberation war he gave 32 trucks of weapons to the government. In the liberation period he formed a group named "Kaderia Bahini" with the brave bangalees. The "Kaderia Bahini" was very ferocious against the Pakistanis.

The Kalihati thana was established in 1928 and was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Geography

Kalihati is located at 24.3833°N 90.0083°E / 24.3833; 90.0083. It has 98,702 households and total area of 295.6 km2.The upazila is surrounded by Bhuapur & Ghatail upazilas on the north, Tangail Sadar and Basail Upazila on the south, Sakhipur Upazila on the east, and the Jamuna River on the west.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Kalihati Upazila had 117,216 households and a population of 449,477. 8.65% of the population were under 5 years of age. Kalihati had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 67.93%: 71.09% for males and 65.02% for females, and a sex ratio of 93.10 males for every 100 females. 122,341 (27.22%) lived in urban areas.

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kalihati Upazila had 98,702 households and a population of 410,293. 87,090 (21.23%) were under 10 years of age. Kalihati had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 42.90%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1024 females per 1000 males. 39,496 (9.63%) lived in urban areas.

Administration

Kalihati Upazila is divided into 2 municipalities and 13 union parishads: Balla, Bangra, Bir Bashinda, Dashkia, Durgapur, Gohaliabari, Kok Dohora, Nagbari Union, Narandia, Paikara, Parkhi, Salla and Shahadebpur.

Kalihati Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 18 mahallas.

Elenga Municipality was established in 2013.

Education

Biyara Marua Govt. Primary School

Paikara M.U High School

Paikara Govt. Primary School

Elenga High School

Jetendra Bala Girls High School

Samsul Haque College

Lutfor Rahman Motin Mohila College

Elenga BM College

Bangabandhu Textile Engineering College

Kalihati College

Kalihati R S Govt. Pilot High School

Rajafair High School

Nagbari Hasina Chowdhury High School

Balla high school and College

Rampur High School

Lion Ferdous alom Firoz high School & College

Narandia TRKN High School & College

Nagar Bari Agriculture College

Nagar Bari BM College

Gopal Dighi K.P.U. High School

Kasturipara Adarsha Junior Girls School

Khilda High School

Potol High School

Shahid Jamal High School

Dhimukha Govt. Primary School

Notable residents

Chowdhury family of Nagbari

Abdul Hamid Chowdhury (died 1969), speaker in parliament

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (1921–1987), former President of Bangladesh (1972–1973)

Abul Hasan Kaiser Chowdhury (born 1951), former State Minister of Foreign Affairs

Siddiqui family of Chhatihati

Ashraf Siddiqui (1927–2020), poet

Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1937), Member of Parliament for constituency Tangail-4 1996–2001 and 2009–2015

Abdul Kader Siddique (born 1947), military leader and politician

Laila Siddiqui, politician

Mirza family of Agacharan

Mirza Mazharul Islam (1927–2020), surgeon and language activist

Mirza Mofazzal Islam (born 1965), scientist

Bhattacharya family of Elenga

Debesh Bhattacharya (1914–2004), jurist

Debapriya Bhattacharya (born 1956), economist

Reazuddin Ahmad Mashadi [Charan] (1952–2018), author

Shajahan Siraj (1943–2020), Member of Parliament for constituency Tangail-4

Syed Mohammad Aslam Talukder Manna [Elenga] (1964–2008), film actor and producer

Mohammad Hasan Imam Khan Sohel Hazari [Chhatihati] (born 1973), politician

Nares Chandra Sen-Gupta (1882–1964), novelist

Kanailal Niyogi (1924–1961), railway worker and language activist

Samir Talukder Apurbo (Born in 2010, Kalihati Upazila

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