Puthia Upazila

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Puthia Upazila
Puthia
Division_name - District	Rajshahi Division - Rajshahi District
Coordinates	24.3750° N 88.8500° E
Area	192.64 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	159405 - 827/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Puthia

Puthia (Bengali: পুথিয়া) is an Upazila of Rajshahi District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Administrative
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Geography

Puthia is located at 24.3750° N 88.8500° E . It has 30484 units of house hold and total area 192.64 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^GRBangladeh, Puthia has a population of 159405. Males constitute are 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. ^[1]