Sherpur Sadar Upazila


Sherpur Sadar is an upazila of Sherpur District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
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Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Sherpur Sadar Upazila had 145,848 households and a population of 563,865. 9.97% of the population were under 5 years of age. Sherpur Sadar had a literacy rate of 63.89%: 65.99% for males and 61.87% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.79 males for 100 females. 191,251 lived in urban areas.

Administration

Sherpur Sadar Thana was turned into an upazila in 1984.
Sherpur Sadar Upazila is divided into Sherpur Municipality and 14 union parishads: Bajitkhila, Balairchar, Betmari Ghughurakandi, Chormochoriya, Chorpokhimari, Chorsherpur, Dhola, Gajirkhamar, Kamarar Chor, Kamariya, Losmonpur, Pakuriya, Rouha, and Vatshala. The union parishads are subdivided into 100 mauzas and 188 villages.
Sherpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 46 mahallas.

Education

There are 11 colleges in the upazila: Sherpur Government College, Sherpur Government Mohila College, Beer Muktijodda Atiur Rahman Model College, Dr. Sekander Ali College, Jamsad Ali Memorial College, Kamarar Char College, Model Girls College, Sherpur, Nizam Uddin Ahmed Model College, Sanuwer Hosen Model College, Shahid Abdur Rashid Commerce College and Sherpur Biggan College. Other schools include Ideal Preparatory and High School, Govt victoria academy, Govt girls high school, and Nobarun public school.
According to Banglapedia, Sherpur Government Victoria Academy, GK Pilot High School, founded in 1919, Sapmari High School, and Sherpur High School are notable secondary schools. Sherpur is the birthplace of numerous highly educated doctors and engineers, also people of different occupations.