Kaliakair Upazila

Kaliakair (Bengali: কালিয়াকৈর) is an upazila (sub-district) of the Gazipur District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division.

Water bodies Main rivers: turag, bangshi, Salda; Boali, Hawla, Ujan and Markaj beels and Goala and Betjuri canals are notable.

Kaliakair had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 60.57%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 947 females per 1000 males.

Nearly 1,400 people in the upazila are Christians, mainly living in urban areas.

[8] Population Total '267003; male 138240, female 128763; Muslim 231672, Hindu 34306, Christian 910, Buddhist 30 and others 85.