Kalmakanda Upazila

Kalmakanda is located at {{coord|25.0833|N|90.8917|E|}}. It has 39275 households in total area 377.41 km². The upazila is bounded by Meghalaya state of India on the north, Barhatta and Netrokona sadar upazilas on the south, Dharmapasha upazila on the east, Durgapur upazila on the west.

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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kalmakanda Upazila had 58,069 households and a population of 271,912. 80,534 (29.62%) were under 10 years of age. Kalmakanda has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 36.58%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1016 females per 1000 males. 14,383 (5.29%) lived in urban areas.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Netrokona |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Netrokona.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2018-12-14 |archive-date=2018-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022030/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Netrokona.pdf |url-status=dead }} Ethnic population is 11,613 (4.27%), of which Garo are 8,231 and Hajong 3,172.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Netrokona district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Netrokona.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd}}

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kalmakanda had a population of 209,360. Males made up 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. The over 18 population of Upazila numbers 103,227. Kalmakanda had an average literacy rate of 21.4% (7+ years); the national average is 32.4%.{{cite web | accessdate = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}

Kalmakanda Thana was formed in 1941 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Kalmakanda Upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Barakharpan, Kaitali, Kalmakanda, Kharnai, Langura, Nazirpur, Pogla, and Rangchhati. The union parishads are subdivided into 177 mauzas and 347 villages.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Netrokona.pdf |url-status=dead |title=District Statistics 2011: Netrokona |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113185500/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Netrokona.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014}}

• Abdul Karim Abbasi was the Member of Parliament for constituency Netrokona-1 from 1991 to 1995 and 2001 until 2006.{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=161 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=4 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000904/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=161 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}
• Chhabi Biswas has been the Member of Parliament for constituency Netrokona-1 since 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2620 |title=Constituency 157_10th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}
• Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi was the Member of Parliament for constituency Netrokona-1 from 2009 until 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 9th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}
• Jalal Uddin Talukder was the Member of Parliament for constituency Netrokona-1 from 1996 until 2001.

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
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