Kalaiya

{{Short description|City in Nepal}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

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| name = Kalaiya, Nepal

| native_name = कलैया

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| settlement_type = Sub-Metropolitan City

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| position = center

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Nepal

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name1 = Madhesh

| subdivision_name2 = Bara

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Binod Prasad Shah (CPN-UML)

| leader_title1 = Deputy mayor

| leader_name1 = Rausan Parwin (CPN-UML)

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| area_total_km2 = 108.94

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| population_total = 141,179

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes = General Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 2012

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| postal_code = 44400

| area_code = 053

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| timezone = NST

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Kalaiya is a sub-metropolitan city and serves as the headquarters of Bara District in Madhesh Province, Nepal. At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, it had a population of 141,179 people residing in 28,645 individual households.

Kalaiya is considered to be the gateway to the Gadhimai temple.