Kalukhali Upazila

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Kalukhali Upazila had 42,886 households and a population of 172,347. 9.30% of the population were under 5 years of age. Kalukhali had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 67.00%: 67.76% for males and 66.29% for females, and a sex ratio of 95.89 males for every 100 females. 4,706 (2.73%) lived in urban areas.^[5]

As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kalukhali upazila had 35,032 households and a population of 155,044. 34,645 (22.35%) were under 10 years of age. Kalukhali had an average literacy rate of 51.2%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1008 females per 1000 males. 4,223 (2.72%) of the population lived in urban areas.^[6][7]

Kalukhali Upazila is divided into seven union parishads: Boalia, Kalikapur, Majhbari, Madapur, Mrigi, Ratandia, and Saorail. The union parishads are subdivided into 153 mauzas and 156 villages.^[8]