Pasir Puteh District

For the federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat, see Pasir Puteh (federal constituency).

Pasir Puteh District Pasey Puteh
District of Malaysia
Jajahan Pasir Puteh
Flag Seal Coat of arms
Location of Pasir Puteh District in Kelantan
Pasir Puteh District Location of Pasir Puteh District in Malaysia
Coordinates: 5°50′N102°24′E / 5.833°N 102.400°E / 5.833; 102.400
Country	Malaysia
State	Kelantan
Seat	Pasir Puteh
Local area government(s)	Pasir Puteh District Council
Government
• District officer	Mohd Roshdi Bin Ismail [1]
Area [2]
• Total	423 km2 (163 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [3]
• Total	137,400
• Density	320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (Not observed)
Postcode	16xxx
Calling code	+6-09
Vehicle registration plates	D

Pasir Puteh District Council Majlis Daerah Pasir Puteh
Type
Type	Local authority
History
Founded	1 January 1979
Leadership
President	Mohd Roshdi Bin Ismail
District secretary	Noor Azman Md Nawi
Meeting place
16800 Pasir Puteh, Kelantan Darul Naim.
Website
mdpputeh.kelantan.gov.my

Pasir Puteh District is a district (jajahan) in Kelantan, Malaysia. The town of Pasir Putih is situated on the bank of Semerak River, about 30 kilometers to the south of Kota Bharu. Pasir Puteh district borders Besut District, Terengganu to its south-east.

History

Before this place was known as Pasir Puteh, it was known as Pangkalan Limbungan. The town of Pasir Puteh derived its name after Sultan Muhammad IV visited. The Sultan was very impressed to see the white sand shining along the riverbanks. Hence in 1911, the Sultan declared the name of this place as Pasir Puteh, which meant white sand. This is the place where a Kelantan warrior, Tok Janggut, raised an army of Malay warriors to oppose the introduction of taxation in Kelantan. ^[2]

Education

Several types of schools can be found in Pasir Puteh. ^[4] Among the schools in Pasir Puteh are:

• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Jawa
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Cherang Ruku
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Gaal
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jeram
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kamil
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Dato' Ismail
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Aman
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sri Maharaja
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tok Janggut
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Padang Pak Amat
• Sekolah Menengah Sains Pasir Puteh

The pre-university institute, which is Kolej Matrikulasi Kelantan (KMKt) also located within this district. ^[5]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	96,348	—
2000	104,404	+8.4%
2010	113,191	+8.4%
2020	136,157	+20.3%
Source: [6]

Population in Pasir Puteh is about 117,383 (2010). ^[3]

Ranking Population of Jajahan Pasir Puteh.

Rank	Daerah/Mukim	Population 2000
1	Semerak	21,670
2	Bukit Jawa	19,329
3	Limbongan (Pasir Puteh Town)	14,164
4	Padang Pak Amat	13,360
5	Bukit Abal	10,624
6	Gong Datok	8,721
7	Jeram	8,552
8	Bukit Awang	7,984

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of LMS district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

Parliament	Seat Name	Member of Parliament	Party
P28	Pasir Puteh	Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

List of LMS district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of Kelantan

Parliament	State	Seat Name	State Assemblyman	Party
P28	N29	Selising	Tuan Saripuddin Tuan Ismail	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
P28	N30	Limbongan	Mohd Nazlan Mohamed Hasbullah	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
P28	N31	Semerak	Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)
P28	N32	Gaal	Mohd Rodzi Ja'afar	Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

Climate

Pasir Puteh has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from February to April and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

Climate data for Pasir Puteh
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	28.8 (83.8)	29.8 (85.6)	31.1 (88.0)	32.2 (90.0)	32.5 (90.5)	32.1 (89.8)	31.8 (89.2)	31.5 (88.7)	31.4 (88.5)	30.7 (87.3)	29.5 (85.1)	28.8 (83.8)	30.9 (87.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	25.5 (77.9)	26.1 (79.0)	26.9 (80.4)	27.8 (82.0)	28.2 (82.8)	27.8 (82.0)	27.5 (81.5)	27.3 (81.1)	27.2 (81.0)	26.9 (80.4)	26.3 (79.3)	26.5 (79.7)	27.0 (80.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.3 (72.1)	22.4 (72.3)	22.7 (72.9)	23.5 (74.3)	23.9 (75.0)	23.6 (74.5)	23.2 (73.8)	23.2 (73.8)	23.1 (73.6)	23.2 (73.8)	23.2 (73.8)	23.0 (73.4)	23.1 (73.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	262 (10.3)	122 (4.8)	119 (4.7)	86 (3.4)	137 (5.4)	162 (6.4)	160 (6.3)	209 (8.2)	265 (10.4)	296 (11.7)	504 (19.8)	625 (24.6)	2,947 (116)
Source: Climate-Data.org [7]

References

1. "Pejabat Tanah Dan Jajahan Pasir Puteh - Perutusan Ketua Jajahan". www.ptjpp.kelantan.gov.my. June 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
2. "Latar Belakang - Laman Web Rasmi Pejabat Tanah Dan Jajahan Pasir Puteh". ptjpp.kelantan.gov.my. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018.
3. "Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
4. "Secondary Schools in Kelantan, Malaysia". 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
5. "Kolej Matrikulasi Kelantan - Utama". Archived from the original on 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
6. "Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020" (pdf) (in Malay and English). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. ISBN   978-967-2000-85-3.
7. "Climate: Pasir Puteh". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 28 October 2020.