Patuakhali Sadar Upazila

Patuakhali Sadar (Bengali: পটুয়াখালি সদর) is an upazila of Patuakhali District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.[2]

Patuakhali Sadar পটুয়াখালি সদর
Upazila
Patuakhali Sadar Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°21.3′N 90°19.1′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Barisal Division
District	Patuakhali District
Area
• Total	362.62 km^2 (140.01 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	316.462[1]
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	Official Map of the Patuakhali Sadar Upazila

Geography

Patuakhali Sadar is located at 22.3542°N 90.3181°E. It has 55,194 households and a total area of 362.62 km².

Demographics

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Patuakhali Sadar had a population of 306,517. Males constituted 50.12% of the population, and females 49.88%. The population aged 18 or over was 152,588. Patuakhali Sadar had an average literacy rate of 42.6% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.[3]

Administration

Patuakhali Sadar Upazila is divided into Patuakhali Municipality and 12 union parishads: Auliapur, Badarpur, Boro Bighai, Choto Bighai, Itbaria, Jainkathi, Kalikapur, Kamalapur, Laukathi, Lohalia, Madarbunia, and Marichbunia. The union parishads are subdivided into 101 mauzas and 124 villages.[4]

Patuakhali Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 29 mahallas.[4]

The chairman of shodor upozila chairman Md. Golam Sarowar.

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References

1. http://www.citypopulation.de/php/bangladesh-admin.php?adm2id=7895
2. Iffat Jerin (2012). "Patuakhali Sadar Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
3. "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
4. "District Statistics 2011: Patuakhali" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.