Kalkini Upazila

Kalkini () is an upazila of Madaripur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
History.
Kalkini Police Station was established in 1909 and it was turned into an upazila on 1 February 1984. Kalkini Municipality was established in 1997. The Dasar Police station was declared on March 2, 2013 with a partial area of Kalkini Police station. Earlier, the Dasar Union was divided into two units, Betwari and Dasar, and the Nabagram Union divided two other unions were named Sasikar and Nabagram. A police inquiry center was established at Dasar on February 2, 2012, with a total of six unions, including Gopalpur and Kazibakai unions.
Geography.
Kalkini is located in between 23°00' and 23°10' North latitudes and in between 90°06' and 90°21' East longitudes. It has total area 279.98 km2. It is bounded by Madaripur Sadar Upazila on the north, Gaurnadi Upazila on the south, Gosairhat Upazila on the east, Kotalipara Upazila on the west.
Demographics.
As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kalkini has 59311 Households and Population of 273,258. Males constitute 48.94% of the population, and females 51.06%.
Administration.
Kalkini Upazila is divided into Kalkini Municipality and 14 union parishads: Alinagar, Bali Gram, Banshgari, Char Daulatkhan, Dasar, Enayet Nagar, Gopalpur, Kayaria, Kazibakai, Lakshmipur, Nabagram, Ramjanpur, Sahebrampur, and Shikar Mangol. The union parishads are subdivided into 160 mauzas and 171 villages.
Kalkini Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 38 mahallas.
Education.
Kalkini has an average literacy rate of 49%; Male 51% and Female 47.2%.