Madaripur Located in the centre of , lies under division, and has an area of 1,145 square kilometres. The main rivers in the area are the Padma, Arial Khan and Kumar. It is bounded by Faridpur and Munshiganj districts on the north, district on the south, on the east, and Gopalganj district

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BRAC operates in Madaripur with Children attend a BRAC pre-primary school in a rural village of Bangaldesh. programmes, such as microfinance, education (BEP), health, nutrition and population (HNPP), community empowerment (CEP), human rights and legal aid services (HRLS), At a glance ultra poor graduation (UPG), and Human rights and legal aid services migration programme. (as of December, 2019) Microfinance Human rights and legal education (HRLE) shebikas 12 Branch 34 HRLE graduates 795 Village organisations 2,605 Legal aid clinics 4 Members 66,200 Borrowers 65,128 Ultra Poor Graduation Progoti Small enterprise clients 7,266 Group - 1 members 22 Group - 2 members 883 Asset and training received 905 Health, nutrition Healthcare availed 105 General information and population Group - 3 members 1,321 Asset and training received 1,321 Health workers Healthcare availed 153 (shasthya kormi) 64 Population 1,212,198 Health volunteers Sub-districts 4 (shasthya shebika) 545 Education Unions 59 Pre-primary 70 Villages 1,062 ADP centers 15 Children (0-15) 538,607 Community empowerment Gonokendro 59 Primary schools 677 Community-based organisation Shishuniketon 8 Literacy rate 48% (polli shomaj) 153 Union-based organisation Hospitals 4 (union shomaj) 26 NGOs 30 Popular theatre 4 Banks 37 Bazaars 113

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