Faridpur Sadar Upazila


Faridpur Sadar Upazila is an upazila of Faridpur District in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It contains Faridpur city near the banks of the Padma River.
One of 18 registered red-light districts in Bangladesh is located in Faridpur. About 800 women and girls live and work there.
WWW sadar.faridpur.gov.bd

Geography

Faridpur Sadar is located at. It has 103,535 households and a total area of 412.86 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Faridpur Sadar Upazila had 137,001 households and a population of 567,657. 9.01% of the population were under 5 years of age. Faridpur Sadar had a literacy rate of 74.84%: 76.35% for males and 73.37% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.84 males for every 100 females. 268,892 lived in urban areas.
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Faridpur Sadar upazila had 103,535 households and a population of 469,410. 98,376 were under 10 years of age. Faridpur Sadar had an average literacy rate of 55.85%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 991 females per 1000 males. 122,425 of the population lived in urban areas.
At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Faridpur Sadar had a population of 335,386, of whom 176,469 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 51.91% of the population, and females 48.09%. Faridpur Sadar had an average literacy rate of 34.2%, against the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Faridpur Sadar Upazila is divided into Faridpur Municipality and 11 union parishads: Aliabad, Ambikapur, Char Madhabdia, Decreer Char, Greda, Ishan Gopalpur, Kaijuri, Kanaipur, Krishnanagar, Maj Char, and Uttar Channel. The union parishads are subdivided into 157 mauzas and 342 villages.
Faridpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 41 mahallas.

Elected chairmen of Faridpur Upazila Council

  • Imran Hossain Chowdhury
  • Advocate Alhajj Md. Shamsul Haque
  • Khondker Mohtesham Hossain Babor

Notable residents