Patari ( bn, পাতাড়ী) is a
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
under
Sapahar Upazila
Sapahar ( bn, সাপাহার) is an upazila of Naogaon District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Geography
Sapahar is located at 25.1250°N 88.5819°E. It has 19,770 house holds and total area 244.49 km2.
Sapahar Upazila is ...
,
Naogaon District,
Bangladesh
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. It is bound by
West Bengal
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of
India
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on the north and west,
Goala Union on the south, and
Aihai Union on the east. The main river is
Punarbhaba River.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Bangladesh census
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...
, Patari Union had 5,240 households and a population of 25,328.
The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 30.8%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.
Economy
Most of the people of the Patari Union depend on agriculture. The employment breakdown is agriculture 48.15%, agricultural labourer 23.58%, wage labourer 3.07%, commerce 8.14%, service 5.49%, others 9.57%. The main crops are paddy, wheat, mustard seed, mango, jack fruit, banana etc.
Single crop 49%, double crop 39% and treble crop land 12%. Among peasants, 24% are landless, 25% smallholders, 30% medium and 21% are rich.
Education
Kalmudanga High School And Kalmudanga Girls High School is the secondary school in the union.
According to Banglapedia, Pathari Fazil Madrasa, founded in 1961, is a notable fazil
madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
.
References
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Populated places in Rajshahi Division
Unions of Sapahar Upazila