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This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

=Patuakhali Subdivision=

South-eastern subdivision of Backer- 
gunge District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, lying between 21 49' and 
22 36' N. and 89 59' and 90 40' E., with an area of 1,231 square 
miles. The subdivision is a fertile deltaic tract, merging to the south 
in the SUNDARBANS, where there are extensive areas of waste land 
covered with forest. The population in 1901 was 522,658, compared 
with 496,735 in 1891. It contains one town, PATUAKHALI (population, 
5,003), the head-quarters, and 1,051 villages, and is the most sparsely 
populated subdivision in the District, supporting only 425 persons per 
square mile, the density being lowest towards the south where the 
Sundarbans have been only partially reclaimed.