Kalihati Upazila

Kalihati (কালিহাতী) is an upazila of Tangail District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

History
It 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 to 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.

The Kalihati thana was established in 1928 and was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Geography
Kalihati is located at 24.3833°N, 90.0083°W. It has 98,702 households and total area of 295.6 km2.The upazila is surrounded by Bhuapur & Ghatail upazilas on the north, Tangail Sadar and Basail Upazila on the south, Sakhipur Upazila on the east, and the Jamuna River on the west.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kalihati Upazila had 98,702 households and a population of 410,293. 87,090 (21.23%) were under 10 years of age. Kalihati had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 42.90%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1024 females per 1000 males. 39,496 (9.63%) lived in urban areas.

Administration
Kalihati Upazila is divided into 2 municipalities and 13 union parishads: Balla, Bangra, Bir Bashinda, Dashkia, Durgapur, Gohaliabari, Kok Dohora, Nagbari Union, Narandia, Paikara, Parkhi, Salla and Shahadebpur.

Kalihati Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 18 mahallas.

Elenga Municipality was established in 2013.

Education

 * Biyara Marua Govt. Primary School
 * Elenga High School
 * Jetendra Bala Girls High School
 * Samsul Haque College
 * Lutfor Rahman Motin Mohila College
 * Elenga BM College
 * Bangabandhu Textile Engineering College
 * Kalihati College
 * Kalihati R S Govt. Pilot High School
 * Rajafair High School
 * Nagbari Hasina Chowdhury High  School
 * Balla high school and College
 * Rampur High School
 * Lion Ferdous alom Firoz high School & College
 * Narandia TRKN High School & College
 * Nagar Bari Agriculture College
 * Nagar Bari BM College
 * Gopal Dighi K.P.U. High School
 * Kasturipara Adarsha Junior Girls School
 * Khilda High School
 * Potol High School
 * Shahid Jamal High School
 * Dhimukha Govt. Primary School

Notable residents

 * Debapriya Bhattacharya, economist
 * Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, jurist and President of Bangladesh (1972–1973); born in Nagbari in 1921
 * Manna, film actor and producer; born in Elenga village in 1964 and is buried there
 * Abdul Kader Siddique
 * Abdul Latif Siddiqui, Member of Parliament for constituency Tangail-4 1996–2001 and 2009–2015
 * Shajahan Siraj, Member of Parliament for constituency Tangail-4