(A) Basic information (according to the 2011 census): 1. Boundaries of the upazila: Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka district and Narayanganj Sadar upazila on the north and east
Tongibari and Narayanganj Sadar upazilas, Louhjong and Srinagar upazilas on the south and Nawabganj and Srinagar upazilas on the west. 2. Area of the upazila: 180.19 sq km / 69.58 sq miles i) Land size: 172.51 sq km: m. ii) River area: 7.54 sq km: m.
3. Number of unions: 14 4. Number of mouzas: 124 5. Number of villages: 178 . Number of water bodies: 2 (open) and 49 (closed) (B) Population: 1. Number of families: 59873 2. Total population: 288107 i) Male: 143559 persons ii) Women: 144547 iii) Gender ratio: 9: 9 3. Population density: 1599 (sq km) 4. Population growth rate: 1.74 5. Poverty: 3.1 6. Average size of Khana: 4.74 7. Religion-based population:
A- Muslim: 249032 B- Hindu: 37200 C- Christian: 1862 D- Buddhist: 1 E- Others: 12
Planning and Implementation: Cabinet Division, A2I, BCC, DoICT and BASIS