Alfadanga Upazila


Alfadanga is an upazila of Faridpur District in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Geography

Alfadanga is located at. It has 24,293 households and total area 127.87 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Alfadanga Upazila had 29,449 households and a population of 119,631. 10.25% of the population were under 5 years of age. Alfadanga had a literacy rate of 74.49%: 75.41% for males and 73.70% for females, and a sex ratio of 89.44 males for every 100 females. 23,796 lived in urban areas.
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Alfadanga upazila had 24,293 households and a population of 108,302. 25,844 were under 10 years of age. Alfadanga had an average literacy rate of 54.84%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1099 females per 1000 males. 6,905 of the population lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Alfadanga has a population of 90,873. Males constitute 49.83% of the population, and females 50.17%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 43,335. Alfadanga has an average literacy rate of 32.5%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Alfadanga Upazila is divided into 6 union parishads: Alfadanga, Bana, Buraich, Gopalpur, Pachuria, and Tagarband. The union parishads are subdivided into 92 mauzas and 122 villages.