Faridpur District

Faridpur District Fatehabad
District
Clcokwise from top-left: Pathrail Mosque, Goalundo Ghat, Mathurapur Deul, Faridpur Circuit House, Satoir Masjid.
Location of Faridpur District in Bangladesh
Expandable map of Faridpur District
Coordinates: 23°30′N 89°50′E / 23.50°N 89.83°E / 23.50; 89.83
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka
Seat	Faridpur
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	MD.Kamrul Ahsan Talukder
• District Council Chairman	Md. Lokman Mridha
• Chief Executive Officer	Md. Abdur Rashid[1]
Area
• Total	2,052.86 km2 (792.61 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (2022 census)[2]
• Total	2,162,879
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Faridpuri, Foridpuira
HDI (2018)	0.596[3] medium · 11th of 21
Website	www.faridpur.gov.bd

Faridpur District (Bengali: ফরিদপুর জেলা) is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division.^[4] It is bounded by the Padma River to the northeast. The district was named for its headquarters Faridpur town, which itself was named for Farīd-ud-Dīn Masʿūd, a 13th-century Sufi saint. A separate district was created by severing Dhaka district in 1786 and was called Dacca Jelalpur. A municipality was established in 1869. Historically, the town was known as Fatehabad. It was also called Haveli Mahal Fatehabad.