Puthia Upazila

Puthia is located at {{coord|24.3750|N|88.8500|E|}}. It has 52,922 households and total area 192.63 km². This is a historical & traditional place in Bangladesh for Puthia Rajbari & Shiva Temple Complex.

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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 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.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Rajshahi |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Rajshahi.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}} Ethnic population was 1,698 (0.82%).{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Rajshahi district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Rajshahi.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}

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 the national average of 32.4% literate.{{cite web | accessdate = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}

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.

File:Putia Boro Shiv Mandir 2.jpg

File:Putia Temple Complex.jpg

{{See also|Education in Bangladesh}}

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, is the only honors level one.{{cite web |title=List of Colleges |url=http://banbeis.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/banbeis.portal.gov.bd/files/29479d98_ae35_4471_9087_0924aacd88d3/clg%20(1).xlsx |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Education Information and Statistics |format=Excel}}

According to Banglapedia, Dhokrakul High School, founded in 1949, and PN Technical High School (1865), are notable secondary schools.

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh
• Puthia Temple Complex
• Puthia Rajbari (palace)
• Pancha Ratna Govinda Temple

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• [http://puthia.rajshahi.gov.bd/ Official website] {{in lang|bn}}

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