Kalkini Upazila
Kalkini
কালকিনি | ||
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Postal Code 7920 | ||
Website | http://kalkini.madaripur.gov.bd |
Kalkini (Bengali: কালকিনি) is an upazila of Madaripur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1]
History
Kalkini Police Station was established in 1909 and it was turned into an upazila on 1 February 1984.[1] Kalkini Municipality was established in 1997. The Dasar Police Station was declared on March 2, 2013, with a partial area of Kalkini Police Station. Earlier, the Dasar Union was divided into two units, Betwari and Dasar, and the Nabagram Union divided into two other unions, named Sasikar and Nabagram. A police inquiry center was established at Dasar on February 2, 2012, with a total of six unions, including Gopalpur and Kazibakai unions.[2]
Geography
Kalkini is located in between 23°00' and 23°10' North latitudes and in between 90°06' and 90°21' East longitudes.[1] It has total area 204.28 km2. It is bounded by Madaripur Sadar Upazila on the north, Gaurnadi Upazila on the south, Gosairhat Upazila on the east, Kotalipara Upazila on the west.[3]
Demographics
According to the
Points of interest
- Senapati Dighi - Baligram
- Three domed Mosque of Miabari - Gopalpur
- Amirabad Moth - Gopalpur.
Administration
Kalkini Upazila is divided into Kalkini Municipality and 9
Kalkini Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 38
Police stations
- Kalkini Police Station
- Dasar Police Station[6]
Education
Kalkini has an average literacy rate of 47%; Male constitutes 50% and Female 46.2%.
Noted educational institutions
- Government Sheikh Hasina Academy and Women's College (1995)
- Kalkini Syed Abul Hossain University College (1972)
- Kalkini Syed Abul Hossain Academy (1983)
- Sahebrampur Kabi Nazrul Islam College (1972)
- Shahid Smriti College, Shashikar (1973)
- Government Kalkini Pilot High School (1946)
- Kalinagar High School (1904)
- Mahishmari Girls' High School (1918)
- Bir Mohan High School (1919)
- Nabagram High School (1943)
- Shashikar High School (1943)
- Sahebrampur Multilateral High School (1946)
- Khaser Hat High School (1960)
- Samitir Hat High School (1964)
- Gopalpur High School (1970)
- Snanghata High School (1970)
- Darsana High School (1973)
- Shashikar Girls' High School (1982)
Notable residents
- Zohra Begum Kazi
- Sunil Gangopadhyay
- Syed Abul Hossain
- Mohammad Asaduzzaman
- Abdus Sobhan Golap
- Syeda Rubaiyat Hossain
- Engr. M.A. Mannaneducation & social works
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Dhaka Division
- Madaripur District
References
- ^ a b c Rashimul Haq (2012), "Kalkini Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- ^ "The newly formed Dasar police station". Bangladesh Pratidin. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ^ "Kalkini Upazila". kalkini.madaripur.gov.bd. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ^ a b "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Madaripur" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b c "Community Tables: Madaripur district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
- ^ "Name of the Police Station - Superintendent of police, Madaripur". www.madaripur.police.gov.bd. Retrieved 2019-08-05.