Patiya Upazila

Patiya (Bengali: পটিয়া) is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Patiya is located at . It has 70218 units of house hold and total area 316.47 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, 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.^[1]

Administration

Chairman:MD.Idris Miah,

Vice Chairman: Dr.Timir Boron Choudhury,

Woman Vice Chairman:

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): "Patiya Municipal Chairman":Prof. Harunur Rashid "Patiya Councillor":Muhammad Nazrul Islam

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 in 1984. The region saw a lot of revolutionary activities in the 1930s, when revolutionaries from Jugantar and the fugitives of the Chittagong armoury raid fought with British police. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the area sustained heavy bombings from Pakistan Air Force ^[2].

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References

1. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2006. 
2. ^ Article on Patiya Upazila, Banglapedia.