There is a hearsay that many days ago named Shah Farid,a religious saint (Pir Sahab) came to this region for proclaming Islam and made an abode.From that day this union is named after Faridpur according to the name Shah Farid.
ITEM
FIGURE
RANK
Area
4,457.00
A
3354
Population
23,918.00
P
1876
Density of Population
5.37
P
846
Literacy Rate
36.00
%
3075
NER in Primary Education
47.27
%
2544
Girls' NER in Primary Education
46.37
%
2712
Improved Sanitary Latrine
7.08
%
3945
Improved Drinking Water Source
96.60
%
782
Electricity Connection
9.92
%
3050
Source : BBS
As on (Date): Jan 27, 2001
Visitors
US 695418 FR 92226 DE 80593 NL 50880 GB 46643 AU 36576 EU 25970 UA 20670 CA 19186
US 695418 
FR 92226 
DE 80593 
NL 50880 
GB 46643 
AU 36576 
EU 25970 
UA 20670 
CA 19186 
