- Patiya Upazila
Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Patiya
locator_position = right
latd = 22.3000
longd = 91.9833
division_name = Chittagong Division
district = Chittagong District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 398836
population_density = 1260
area_total = 316.47
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/chittagong/Patiya.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Patiya
footnotes =Patiya ( _bn. পটিয়া) is an
Upazila ofChittagong District in the Division of Chittagong,Bangladesh .Geography
Patiya is located at coord|22.3000|N|91.9833|E| . It has 70218 units of house hold and total area 316.47 km².
Demographics
As of 1991 Bangladeshcensus GR|Bangladeh, Patiya has a population of 398836. Males constitute are 52.1% of the population, and females 47.9%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 197399. Patiya has an average literacy rate of 44.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]Administrative
Patiya has 25 Unions/Wards, 136 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 124 villages. The township of Patiya has an area of 9.96 km². It is divided into 9 wards and 9 mahallas.
History
During the British rule, a police station was established in Patiya in
1845 . It was upgraded to an "upazila" in1984 . The region saw a lot of revolutionary activities in the 1930s, when revolutionaries fromJugantar and the fugitives of theChittagong armoury raid fought with British police. During theBangladesh Liberation War , the area sustained heavy bombings fromPakistan Air Force [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/P_0118.htm Article on Patiya Upazila] ,Banglapedia .] .ee also
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Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh References
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