Madaripur is a fast-growing municipality, which is 185 km away from the Dhaka city. It is beside the Arial Khal and Kumar Rivers and is well connected with road and water. It is one of the oldest towns in the sub-continent and was declared Municipality in 1875.

According to the population census in 2011 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the Madaripur Municipality population was 62,690. The urban population growth in Madaripur is 1% per year. Considering 10% floating population, such as farmers and traders, comes to the city every day, the present (2020) population is estimated to be around 75,400 .

The outcome of the SFD graphic shows that only twenty two percent (22%) of the excreta flow is classified as safely managed, and the remaining seventy eight percent (78%) is classified as unsafely managed .

• Prepared by: CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE
• Date of production: 03/05/2024
• Last update: 03/05/2024