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 695105
FR 91939
DE 80570
NL 50880
GB 46642
AU 36576
EU 25970
UA 20670
CA 19084