Nagarkanda is an Upazila 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...

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Geography

Nagarkanda is located at 23.4153°N 89.8917°E . It has 51016 units of house hold and total area 379.02 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Nagarkanda has a population of 267193. Males constitute are 50.18% of the population, and females 49.82%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 131533. Nagarkanda has an average literacy rate of 22.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.