पटुआ एक हस्तशिल्पकार समुदाय है जो जिनका मुख्य पेशा विशेष रीति से पटचित्र बनाकर उसका घूमघूमकर प्रदर्शन करना और बेचना है। ये पश्चिम बंगाल, बिहार, झारखण्ड, उड़ीसा और बांग्लादेश में पाये जाते हैं। इनमें हिन्दू और मुसलमान दोनों धर्मों के लोग हैं।

The Patua are an artisan community found in the state of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha in India and parts of Bangladesh. Some Patuas are Hindus, while others are Muslims. Hindu Patuas are active in the Kalighat and Kumartuli regions of Calcutta, along with some other parts of West Bengal, where they are reduced in number. It is believed that most Patuas are actually converts from Hinduism to Islam. Today, they practice customs that are both Hindu and Islamic in nature. They may have also been Buddhist at various points in time. Today, however, the majority of them are impoverished Muslims who rely on patronage from mainly Hindus, but also increasingly from tourists who buy their painted scrolls, as Frank J. Korom has described and analysed in his book Village of Painters: Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal.