[4] According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Bakerganj Upazila had 71,537 households and a population of 313,845.

Bakerganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 63.27%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1107 females per 1000 males.

[7][8] Bakerganj Upazila is divided into Bakerganj Municipality and 14 union parishads: Bharpasha, Charadi, Char Amaddi, Darial, Dudhal, Durgapasha, Faridpur, Garuria, Kabai, Kalashkati, Nalua, Niamati, Padri Shibpur, and Rangasree.

The union parishads are subdivided into 149 mauzas and 172 villages.

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