Demographics
Faridpur has a population of 1,714,496 people according to the 2001 census. 50.55% of the people are male and 49.23% are female. The major religions are Islam and Hinduism. 88% of people are Muslims in the district. Although once a Hindu dominated district, after the partition of India, Hinduism has significantly declined with only 11% of the population being Hindu in Faridpur due to the ethnic cleansing by the Pakistani military and Rajakars (Bengali collaborators of Pakistan) before the independence of Bangladesh. The major ethnic group are the Bengali people, as is the case in most of Bangladesh. There is also a small Bihari and Oriya population.
Religious institution Mosques 3516, temples 251, Buddhist temples 21, churches 36.
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