Paiyapathar or Paia Pathar ( bn, পৈয়াপাথর, পইয়াপাথর) is a village in Paschim Nabipur Union,
Muradnagar Upazila
Muradnagar ( bn, মুরাদনগর, Muradnogor) is an upazila of the Comilla District in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.
History
In ancient times, the area was a part of the geopolitical region of Samatata ruled by the Rata dynasty. In ...
,
Comilla District
Comilla District, officially known as Cumilla District, is a district of Bangladesh located about 100 kilometres south east of Dhaka. Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj districts to the north, Noakhali and Feni districts to t ...
, Bangladesh. It is from
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
.
The name Paiyapathar is a compound of two Bengali words: ''paiya'' (meaning touched) and ''pathor''(meaning stones), to thus mean "touched stones". According to the
2011 Bangladesh census
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...
, Paiyapathar had 540 households and a population of 2,740.
See also
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List of villages in Bangladesh
This is a list of villages in Bangladesh. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Some villages in Bangladesh may be cov ...
References
Populated places in Cumilla District
Villages in Comilla District
Villages in Chittagong Division
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