Kaliakair কালিয়াকৈর
City
Kaliakair Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°04′12″N 90°13′20″E / 24.069884°N 90.222215°E / 24.069884; 90.222215
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
District	Gazipur District
Upazila	Kaliakair Upazila
Municipality	2001
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Body	Kaliakair Municipality
• Paura Mayor	Md. Majibur Rahman [1]
Area
• Total	27.16 km2 (10.49 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	213,061 [2]
• Rank	26th[3]
Time zone	UTC+6 (Bangladesh Time)
National Dialing Code	+880

Kaliakair (Bengali: কালিয়াকৈর) is a city in central Bangladesh, located in Gazipur District in the division of Dhaka. It is the administrative and urban centre of Kaliakair Upazila. About 213,061 people live here which makes this city the 26th 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. 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

Sreepur city is located at 24°12′04″N 90°29′03″E / 24.201144°N 90.484296°E / 24.201144; 90.484296 in the Gazipur District of central region of Bangladesh.^[4]

Demographics

According to 2011 Bangladesh census the total population of the city is 213,061 of which 111,307 are males and 101,754 are females with a density of 6019 persons per km².The number of total household of the city is 43704.^[4]

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 km². Besides, there are 3 adjoining 3 other mauzas as the other urban areas which all together constitutes a total area of 27.16 km². Sreepur municipality occupies the total city area.^[4]

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