District Name: Faridpur District area: 2072.72 sq km Geographical Location: Faridpur District is located between 89.290 East to 90.110 East longitude and 23.160 North to 23.400 North latitude. It is bounded by north rajbari and manikganj districts, southgopalganj district, west of magura onrail district and east of madaripur and munsiganj districts. Population: 18,42,620 (according to 2001 cen
sus) A) Male - 8,93,280 B) Women - 6,49,440 Population density: 640.8 people per sq. Sadar, Madhukhali, Boalmar Alfadanga, Saltha, Nagarkanda, Bhanga, Sadarpur and Charbhadrasan Number and name of police station: 9 (nine). Kotwali, Madhukhali, Boalmari, Lafadanga, Saltha, Nagarkanda, Bhanga, Sadarpur and Charbhadrasan. Number and name of the municipality: (four). Faridpur, Boalmari, Nagarkanda Ovanga. Number of unions: 69 Number of villages: 1,6. Faridpur district was established in 18. The district was established in 1815. Faridpur is named after the eminent Sufi saint Shah Sheikh Fariduddin. The former name of this district was "Fatehabad". Although Faridpur district was established in 18 AD, at that time its name was Jalalpur and its head office was in Dhaka. 1606 AD Dhaka was divided from Jalalpur and it was named as Faridpur District and its headquarters was established at Faridpur town. Goalland, Faridpur Sadar, Madaripur and Gopalganj are the four subdivisions of Faridpur district. At present the greater Faridpur district has been transformed into the five districts of Faridpur, Rajbari, Gopalganj, Madaripur and Shariatpur. Among the ancient mosques of the area are Garoda Mosque (1013 AH), Pathrail Mosque and Dighi (1493-1519 AD), Satair Mosque (1519 AD). Other notable establishments in the area are Fatehabad Mint (1519-32 AD), Walls of Mathurapur, District Judge's Court Building (1899 AD), and Bhangamunsef Court Building (169 AD), Basudev Temple and Jagbandhu Angina. [2] Haji Shariatullah Faraji started the movement from Faridpur. An anti-blue tax movement took place here under the leadership of Dudu Miah, son of Shariatullah. The main blue factory of the district was at Mirganj in Alfadanga upazila, which was managed by AC Dunlop. It included 52 blue factories in the district. Indigo was cultivated on the banks of Gorai, Madhumati and Borshia rivers. The district town is presently situated on the banks of the river Kumar. Faridpur municipality was formed in 189. District town consists of 9 wards and 35 mahallas. Its area is 20.23 square kilometers. Administrative areas Faridpur district has 4 municipalities, 36 wards, 92 mahallas, 69 unions and 1759 villages. They are: Faridpur Municipality Faridpur Sadar Upazila Boalmari Upazila Alfadanga Upazila Madhukhali Upazila Bhanga upazila Nagarkanda upazila Char Bhadrasan Upazila Sadarpur Upazila Saltha Upazila Antiquities Mathurapur Deul Patrail Mosque Satair Mosque Mr. Angan Shiva temple Swing Narayan Temple Pancharatna Samadhi Nava-Ratna Samadhi Durga Temple Kachari house Sikdar's house Gerda blade Moyez Manzil Economy The economy of this area is mainly jute based. Faridpur is famous for jute. Faridpur is one of the largest river ports in Bangladesh. From here jute would flow all over the country by river. Impressive place Notable among the attractions of Faridpur district are River Research Institute Switch gate Dhalar Mor (Padma bank) Rajendra College (Government Rajendra College) Padma Dam Residence of rural poet Jasim Uddin. Padma River Shelf, C&B Ghat Population 18,42,620 (according to the 2001 census) [1] Males - 8,93,280 Women - 8,49,440
