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3.6.1 Background: Kahaloo Upazila came into existence as a thana in 1928 and upgraded to
upazila in 1983. Nothing is definitely known about the origin of the upazila name. It is said that a
dervish named Baba Shah Kahaloo came to the place of present upazila headquarters and settled
over there to preach Islam. After death he was burried near his hut. His graveside still exists and is
visited by thousands of people every year. It is generally believed that the upazila might have been
named from the last name Kahaloo of the late dervish.

3.6.2 Area and Location: The upazila occupies an area of 240.42 sq. km.. It is located between
24°43' and 24°57' north latitudes and between 89°09' and 89°19' east longitudes. It is bounded on the
north by Shibganj Upazila and Bogra Sadar Upazila and the east by Bogra Sadar Upazila and
Sajahanpur Upazila. On the other flank, Nandigram Upazila boarders its south and Adamdighi Upazila
and Dhubchanchia Upazila surround its west.

3.6.3 Administrative/Geographic Unit: The upazila consists of 1 paurashava, 9 wards, 19
mahallas, 9 unions, 162 populated mauzas and 264 villages. The average size of population of each
ward and mahalla are 1543 and 731 respectively. On the other hand, the average size each union,
mauza and village are 23165, 1287 and 790 respectively.

3.6.4 Housing and Household Characteristics: In the upazila, there are 58261 households.
Distribution of household by type shows that there are 99.89% general unit, 0.03% institutional and
0.08% other unit.

• Household Size: The average household size (General) for the upazila is 3.8 persons, for
both urban and rural areas the size is also same i.e. 3.8.

• Type of Housing Structure: In the upazila, 3.5% general households live in pucca house,
17.1% in semi-pucca house, 78.8% in kutcha house and the remaining 0.6% live in jhupri
which is shown in a pie-chart in figure 6.1.

Figure 6.1: Housing structure by type, 2011

78.8%
0.6%
3.5%

17.1%

Pucca Semi‐Pucca Kutcha Jhupri

• Source of Drinking Water: In Kahaloo Upazila, 97.9% general households get the facility of
drinking water from tube-well, 0.9% from tap and the remaining 1.2% household get water
from other sources.

• Sanitation: In the upazila, 68.0% general households use sanitary latrine, 23.4% non-
sanitary latrine and the remaining 8.6% have no toilet facility.

• Access to Electricity: All the 9 unions of the upazila have brought under the Rural
Electrification Program. However, a total of 63.1% general households reported to have
electricity connection in the entire upazila in 2011 as against 34.5% in 2001.
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