7870
Alfadanga
Postal code 7870 covers Alfadanga, Alfadanga, Faridpur District, Dhaka Division.
- Division
- Dhaka Division
- District
- Faridpur
- Upazila / Area
- Alfadanga
- Population (Upazila)
- 119,631
- Area (Upazila)
- 136.0 km²
- Coordinates
- 23.289, 89.706
About Alfadanga
Alfadanga (Bengali: আলফাডাঙ্গা) is an upazila of Faridpur District in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.
Geography
Alfadanga is located at 23.2833°N 89.7167°E / 23.2833; 89.7167. 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.
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.
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.
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.