Alfadanga Upazila
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Alfadanga
আলফাডাঙ্গা | |
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 View of the Madhumati River at Alfadanga | |
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| Coordinates: 23°17′N 89°43′E / 23.283°N 89.717°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka |
| District | Faridpur |
| Area | |
• Total | 127.87 km2 (49.37 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 119,631 |
| • Density | 935.57/km2 (2,423.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 7870[2] |
Alfadanga (Bengali: আলফাডাঙ্গা) is an upazila of Faridpur District in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.[3]
Alfadanga is located at 23°17′00″N 89°43′00″E / 23.2833°N 89.7167°E. 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 (age 7 and over) 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 (19.89%) lived in urban areas.[4]
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Alfadanga upazila had 24,293 households and a population of 108,302. 25,844 (24.42%) 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 (6.38%) of the population lived in urban areas.[5][6]
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% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[7]
