Puthia ( Bengali : পুঠিয়া ) is an Upazila of Rajshahi District in the Division of Rajshahi , Bangladesh .
6-514: Puthia is located at 24°22′30″N 88°51′00″E / 24.3750°N 88.8500°E / 24.3750; 88.8500 . It has 52,922 households and total area 192.63 km. This is a historical & traditional place in Bangladesh for Puthia Rajbari & Shiva Temple Complex. According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Puthia Upazila had 52,922 households and a population of 207,490. 37,278 (17.97%) were under 10 years of age. Puthia had
12-454: A literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 49.58%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 975 females per 1000 males. 25,761 (12.42%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 1,698 (0.82%). As of the 1991 Bangladesh census , 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
18-650: 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 recorded 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 population, literacy and educational attainment, religion, number of children etc. Bangladesh and India also conducted their first joint census of areas along their border in 2011. According to
24-462: Is the only honors level one. According to Banglapedia, Dhokrakul High School, founded in 1949, and PN Technical High School (1865), are notable secondary schools. This Rajshahi Division location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2011 Bangladesh census Religion in Bangladesh (2011 Census) In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted
30-404: The census, Hindus constituted 8.5 per cent of the population as of 2011, down from 9.6 per cent in the 2001 census . Bangladesh has a population of 144,043,697 as per the 2011 census report. The majority of 130,201,097 reported that they were Muslims, 12,301,331 reported as Hindus, 864,262 as Buddhists, 532,961 as Christians and 201,661 as others. This Bangladeshi history-related article
36-600: The national average of 32.4% literate. 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. There are 12 colleges in the upazila. They include Dhokrakul Degree College, Dhopapara Memorial Degree College, Ideal Degree College, Laskherpur Degree Mahavidya Niketan, Pangu Shishu Niketon S A Degree College, Pochamaria Degree College, Puthia Islamia Mohila College, and Puthia Mohila Degree College. Baneshwar College , founded in 1964,
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