Kalia Union (Bengali: কালিয়া ইউনিয়ন) is a union of Sakhipur Upazila, Tangail District, Bangladesh. It is situated 51 kilometres (32 mi) east of Tangail, the district headquarters.
Kalia Union
কালিয়া ইউনিয়ন | |
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  Kalia Union Location of Kalia Union in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 24°22′09″N 90°11′52″E / 24.369116°N 90.197821°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Tangail District |
| Upazila | Sakhipur Upazila |
| Established | 1984 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Union Council |
| • Chairman | SM Kamrul Hassan (Bangladesh Awami League) |
| Area | |
• Total | 69.5 km2 (26.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 53,134 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 1951 |
| Website | kaliaup |
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kalia Union had 13,137 households and a population of 53,134. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 37.9% (male: 40.4%, female: 35.7%).[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Community Report: Tangail" (PDF). Population & Housing Census 2011. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2017-06-18.