Patiya Upazila Explained

Official Name:Patiya
Native Name:পটিয়া
Settlement Type:Upazila
Coordinates:22°N 91°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bangladesh
Subdivision Type1:Division
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Chittagong
Subdivision Name2:Chittagong
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Patiya Upazila Complex
Subdivision Type4:Jatiya Sangsad constituency
Subdivision Name4:Chittagong-12
Governing Body:Upazila Council
Leader Title:MP
Leader Name:Motaherul Islam Chowdhury
Leader Title1:Chairman
Leader Name1:Dr. Timir Baran Chowdhury (Acting)
Area Total Km2:156.34
Population Total:366010
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Website:patiya.gov.bd
Timezone:BST
Utc Offset:+6

Patiya (Bengali: পটিয়া) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.

History

During the British rule, a police station(thana) was established in Patiya in 1845. It was upgraded to an upazila in 1984. The region saw 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. The Pakistani occupation army massacred more than 300 Hindus in Muzaffarabad village on 3 May 1971 in collaboration with the Razakars.

Geography

Patiya is located at 22.3°N 91.9833°W. It has 71,624 households and a total area of .

The township of Patiya has an area of .

"Budbudir Chora" is one of them having enormous green forest and wild life. Every year local tourists go there for its green forest, small canals and animals like deer, birds and butterflies.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Patiya upazila had 71,624 households and a population of 366,010. 52,611 (14.37%) were under 7 years of age. Patiya had an average literacy rate of 56.17%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1006 females per 1000 males. 55,323 (15.12%) of the population lived in urban areas.[1] [2]

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Patiya had a population of 398,836. Males constituted 52.1% of the population, and females 47.9%. The population aged 18 or over was 197,399. Patiya had an average literacy rate of 44.3% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.[3]

Administration

Patiya Upazila is divided into Patiya Municipality and 22 union parishads: Asia, Bara Uthan, Baralia, Bhatikhain, Chanhara, Char Lakshya, Char Patharghata, Dakshin Bhurshi, Dhalghat, Habilasdwip, Haidgaon, Janglukhain, Jiri, Juldha, Kachuai, Kasiais, Kelishahar, Kharana, Kolagaon, Kusumpura, Sikalbaha, and Sobhandandi. The union parishads are subdivided into 113 mauzas and 208 villages.

Patiya Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 13 mahallas.[4]

Chairman: Motaherul Islam Chowdhury

Vice Chairman: Syed Yar Mohammad Peyaru

Woman Vice Chairman: Afroza Begum from BNP

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Abdullah Al Mamun

Patiya Municipal Mayor: Professor Md.Harunur Rashid

Education

See also: Education in Bangladesh. According to Banglapedia, Abdur Rahman Government Girls' High School, founded in 1957, Abdus Sobhan Rahat Ali High School (1914), Chakrashala Krishi High School (1857), Muzaffarabad N. J. High School (1929), S A Noor High School (1966), Union Krishi High School (1978), Jangal Khain High School (1946) and Patiya Model High School (1845) are notable secondary schools.[5]

The madrasa education system includes a notable kamil madrasa, Shahchand Auliya Kamil Madrasa, founded in 1928.

Notable residents

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Chittagong . bbs.gov.bd . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  2. Web site: 2011 . Community Tables: Chittagong district . bbs.gov.bd . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  3. Web site: 10 November 2006 . Population Census Wing, BBS.. https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm . 27 March 2005 .
  4. Web site: District Statistics 2011: Chittagong . . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics . 14 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184712/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chittagong.pdf . 13 November 2014.
  5. Book: Jahangir, SMAK . 2012 . Patiya Upazila . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Patiya_Upazila . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  6. Book: Bhuiyan, Golam Kibria . 2012 . Dastidar, Purnendu . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Dastidar,_Purnendu . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  7. Book: Rizvi . S.N.H. . 1970 . East Pakistan District Gazetteers: Chittagong . Government of East Pakistan Services and General Administration Department . 353 . 6 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220073104/http://dl.nlb.gov.bd/greenstone/collect/admin-books/index/assoc/HASHe169/d1b0804f.dir/EAST%20PAKISTAN%20DISTRICT%20GAZETTEER%20CHITTAGONG%20-%20page%201.pdf . 20 December 2016 . dead .
  8. News: Pritilata's birth anniversary observed at CU . New Age . 2012 . https://archive.today/20130129160031/http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-05-06http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php%3Fdate=2012-05-06&nid=9340%23.UQfx-33LdRx#.UQfx-33LdRx . 29 January 2013 . dead .