Kalihati Upazila

Kalihati is an Upazila of Tangail District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.HistoryIt has a historical background during the liberation war in 1971.A great child of this land named Kader Siddiqui who later gained the great title "Bir Uttom" for his contribution for the war. After the liberation war he gave 32 trucks of weapons to the government. In the liberation period he formed a group named "Kaderia Bahini" with the brave bangalees. The "Kaderia Bahini" was very ferocious against the Pakistanis.GeographyKalihati is located at. It has 65035 households and total area of 295.6 km².The upazila is surrounded by Bhuapur & Ghatail Upazila on the north, Tangail Sadar and Basail Upazila on the south, Sakhipur Upazila on the east, and the Jamuna River on the west.DemographicsAs of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kalihati has a population of 4,10,293. Males constitute 51.55% of the population, and females 48.45%. Kalihati has an average literacy rate of 42.9% (7+ years).Male literary rate is 46.1% and female literary rate is 39.8%.