Faridpur Sadar Upazila
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Faridpur Sadar is an Upazila (sub-district) of Faridpur District
Faridpur District
Faridpur is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Faridpur District has a population of over 1.7 million people and is situated on the banks of the Padma river . It is bordered by Madaripur, Narail, Rajbari, Magura, Shariatpur, Gopalgonj, Dhaka and Manikganj...

 in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. It contains Faridpur Town near the banks of the Padma River
Padma River
The Padma is a major trans-boundary river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges , which originates in the Himalayas. The Padma enters Bangladesh from India near Chapai Nababganj...

.

Geography

Faridpur Sadar is located at 23.5958°N 89.8306°E. It has 60454 units of house hold and total area 407.02 km².

Demographics

the Bangladesh census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, listed Faridpur Sadar with a population of 335386. Males constitute are 51.91% of the population, and females 48.09%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 176469. Faridpur Sadar has an average literacy rate of 34.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Members of Parliament

Members of Bengal Legislative Assembly
  • Choudhury Shamsuddin Ahmed (Badshah Mia) (Muslim League
    Muslim League
    The All-India Muslim League,, was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka , in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905...

    )
  • Chowdhury Abdallah Zaheeruddin (Lal Mia) (Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

    )
  • Yusuf Ali Chowdhury
    Yusuf Ali Chowdhury
    Yusuf Ali Chowdhury , commonly referred to as Mohan Mia, was a prominent Bengali Muslim politician in South Asia. He played an active role in the Pakistan Movement as a leading figure of the Muslim League in Bengal...

     (Mohan Mia) (Muslim League
    Muslim League
    The All-India Muslim League,, was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka , in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905...

    )


Members of the National Assembly of Pakistan
  • Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan
    Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan
    Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan , was the President of Pakistan's first Constituent Assembly.He was born in 1889 in a humble peasant family of Faridpur, Bengal...

     (Muslim League
    Muslim League
    The All-India Muslim League,, was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka , in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905...

    )
  • Yusuf Ali Chowdhury
    Yusuf Ali Chowdhury
    Yusuf Ali Chowdhury , commonly referred to as Mohan Mia, was a prominent Bengali Muslim politician in South Asia. He played an active role in the Pakistan Movement as a leading figure of the Muslim League in Bengal...

     (Mohan Mia) (Krishak Praja Party
    Krishak Praja Party
    Krishak Praja Party , originally known as "Proja-Shamiti" , was a political party in British India. It struggled for the abolition of zamindari .In the late 1930s, A. K...

    )
  • Chowdhury Abdallah Zaheeruddin (Lal Mia) (Convention Muslim League
    Convention Muslim League
    The Convention Muslim League was a faction of the Pakistan Muslim League that split-off in 1962 in support of the military regime of the President of Pakistan Gen. Ayub Khan....

    )
  • Enayet Hossain Chowdhury (Tara Mia) (Convention Muslim League
    Convention Muslim League
    The Convention Muslim League was a faction of the Pakistan Muslim League that split-off in 1962 in support of the military regime of the President of Pakistan Gen. Ayub Khan....

    )


Members of the Jatiya Sangsad
  • K M Obaidur Rahman (Bangladesh Nationalist Party
    Bangladesh Nationalist Party
    The Bangladesh Nationalist Party , commonly referred to as the BNP, is the mainstream center-right political party in Bangladesh. BNP ruled Bangladesh total 18 years since her independence, the longest than any other party in Bangladesh...

    )
  • Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf
    Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf
    -Family:Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf was born into an aristocratic Bengali Zamindar family from Faridpur district. Kamal Yusuf's grandfather was the legendary zamindar Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash. His father, Yusuf Ali Chowdhury , was an eminent Muslim League leader during British rule and in...

     (Bangladesh Nationalist Party
    Bangladesh Nationalist Party
    The Bangladesh Nationalist Party , commonly referred to as the BNP, is the mainstream center-right political party in Bangladesh. BNP ruled Bangladesh total 18 years since her independence, the longest than any other party in Bangladesh...

    )
  • Major General (Retd.) Atiqur Rahman (Awami League)
  • Kamran Hossain Chowdhury (Jatiya Party)
  • Khondokar Mosharraf Hossain (Awami League)

Chairmen of Upazila Council

  • Imran Hossain Chowdhury (Jatiya Party)
  • Advocate Shamsul Huq (Awami League)
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