Description Of Patnitala Upazila In Naogaon District

Patnitala (Bengali: পত্নীতলা, means Wife's Place) is an Upazila of Naogaon District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.Patnitala is located at 25.0500°N 88.7333°E. It has 35570 units of households and total area 382.39 km². The major rivers are the Atrai and the Shiba.As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Patnitala has a population of 1 98 164. Males constitutes 51.26% of the population and females 48.74%. This upazila's eighteen up population was 98279. Patnitala has an average literacy rate of 32.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.