Patiya

Patiya is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.HistoryDuring 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 May 3, 1971 in collaboration with the Razakars.GeographyPatiya is located at. It has 70,218 households and a total area of 316.47 km². Patiya is famous for it's magnificent natural beauty. "Budbudir Chora" is one of them having enormous green forest and wild life. Every year local tourist go there as they find tranquility in green forest, small canals and animals like dear, birds and colorfull butterflies. This place is really an unseen beauty of Patiya.DemographicsAccording 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%.