Kalai Upazila

Kalai () is an upazila of Joypurhat District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Geography.
Kalai is located at . It has 23504 households and total area 166.3 km2.
Demographics.
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,