Puthia is an Upazila of Rajshahi District

Rajshahi District

Rajshahi District is a district in north-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division. The metropolitan city of Rajshahi is in Rajshahi District.-Geography:...

 in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

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

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

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 distribution, marital status, economically active...

, 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.

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
  Upazilas of Bangladesh
  ||The districts of Bangladesh are divided into subdistricts called Upazila Parishad , or Thana . Upazilas are similar to the county subdivisions found in some Western countries....
  
  
• Districts of Bangladesh
  Districts of Bangladesh
  The divisions of Bangladesh are divided into 64 districts, or zila . The districts are further subdivided into 493 sub-districts, or upazila ....
  
  
• Divisions of Bangladesh
  Divisions of Bangladesh
  ||Bangladesh is divided into seven major administrative regions called divisions . Each division is named after the major city within its jurisdiction that serves as the administrative capital of that division:...
  
  
• Puthia Temple Complex
  Puthia Temple Complex
  Puthia Temple Complex consists of a cluster of notable old Hindu Temples in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. Located 23 km to the east of Rajshahi city it has the largest number of Historic temples in Bangladesh. The temples were built by Hindu Zamindars Rajas of the Puthia Raj...
  
  

External links

• Puthia Palace Tour in May 2008 at Desherchobi
• Dinajpur & Panchagarh Tour in July 2006 including visits to Kantaji's Temple at Desherchobi
• Khulna & Bagerhat Tour in June 2007 including visits to Shat Gombuj Mosque
  Sixty Pillar Mosque
  The Sixty Dome Mosque is the largest historical mosque in Bangladesh and one of the most impressive Muslim architectural structures on the Indian Subcontinent.- Style :...
  
  at Desherchobi
• Sonargaon & Panamnagar Tour in December 2007 at Desherchobi
• Panamnagar Tour in November 2006 at Desherchobi