Kalai Upazila

Kalai (কালাই) is an upazila of Joypurhat District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography
Kalai is located at 25.0583°N, 89.1833°W. It has 38,745 households and total area 166.29 km2.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kalai Upazila had 38,745 households and a population of 143,197. 26,847 (18.75%) were under 10 years of age. Kalai had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 49.82%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1021 females per 1000 males. 16,464 (11.50%) lived in urban areas.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kalai has a population of 114183. Males constitute 50.86% of the population, and females 49.14%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 60864. Kalai has an average literacy rate of 23.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration
Kalai Upazila is divided into Kalai Municipality and five union parishads: Ahammedabad, Matrai, Punot, Udaipur, and Zindarpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 109 mauzas and 148 villages.

Kalai Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 34 mahallas.

Education
The famous educational institutions of this Upazila are:
 * Kalai Degree College
 * Govt. Kalai Women's Degree College
 * Hatior Bahumukhi Fazil Madrasah
 * Kalai M.U. Government High School
 * Kalai Girls' High School
 * Omar Kindergarten School
 * Punat High School
 * Punat Girls' High School
 * Shanti Nagar Adarsha High School