Patnitala Upazila
Upazila in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
Patnitala Upazila (Bengali: পত্নীতলা উপজেলা) is an Upazila of Naogaon District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Geography
Patnitala is located at 25.0500°N 88.7333°E / 25.0500; 88.7333. It has 58,661 units of households and total area 382.38 km2. The major rivers are the Atrai and the Shiba.
Patnitala Upazila is bounded by Dhamoirhat Upazila and Tapan CD Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the north, Badalgachhi on the east, Mohadevpur Upazila on the south and Porsha and Sapahar Upazilas on the west.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Patnitala Upazila had 69,221 households and a population of 250,729. 7.71% of the population were under 5 years of age. Patnitala had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 76.18%: 77.70% for males and 74.67% for females, and a sex ratio of 99.36 males for every 100 females. 33,799 (13.48%) lived in urban areas.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Patnitala Upazila had 58,661 households and a population of 231,900.
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