Puthia ( bn, পুঠিয়া) is an
Upazila of
Rajshahi District in the Division of
Rajshahi,
Bangladesh.
Geography
Puthia is located at . It has 30484 households and total area 192.64 km
2. This is a historical & traditional place in Bangladesh for Puthia Rajbari & Shiva Temple Complex.
Demographics
According to
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 ...
, Puthia had a population of 207,490. Males constituted 50.64% of the population and females 49.36%. Muslims formed 93.93% of the population, Hindus 5.27%, Christians 0.48% and others 0.33%. Puthia had a literacy rate of 49.58% for the population 7 years and above.
As of the
1991 Bangladesh census
In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age ...
, Puthia has a population of 342,405. Males constitute 51.16% of the population, and females 48.84%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 81679. Puthia has an average literacy rate of 25.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Puthia Upazila is divided into Puthia Municipality and six
union parishads: Baneshwar, Belpukuria, Bhalukgachhi, Jeopara, Puthia, and Silmaria. The union parishads are subdivided into 128 mauzas and 183 villages.
See also
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Upazilas of Bangladesh
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
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Puthia Temple Complex
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Puthia Rajbari (palace)
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Pancha Ratna Govinda Temple
References
External links
Official website
Upazilas of Rajshahi District
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