Kaliakair () is a city in central Bangladesh, located in Gazipur District in the Dhaka Division. It is the administrative and urban centre of Kaliakair Upazila. About 250,000 people live here which makes this city the 16th largest city in Bangladesh.
Etymology
There is a popular belief that there was a big
snake named Kalla Nag in a
pond which is called
pukur or
pukair in
Bengali language. 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
Gazipur District of central region of
Bangladesh.
Demographics
As of the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, 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 named Kaliakair municipality which consists of 9 wards and 18 mahallas, which occupies an area of 24.66 km
2. Besides, there are 3 adjoining 3 other
as the other urban areas which all together constitutes a total area of 27.16 km
2.
