Sherpur Sadar Upazila

Sherpur Sadar (Bengali: শেরপুর সদর) is an upazila of Sherpur District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.[2][3][4][5]

Not to be confused with Sherpur Upazila.
Sherpur Sadar

শেরপুর সদর
Upazila
Sherpur Sadar
Sherpur Sadar
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 25°0′N 90°1′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionMymensingh Division
DistrictSherpur District
Government
 • MayorGolam Kibriya Liton
Area
 • Total356.12 km2 (137.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total449,798[1]
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
2100
WebsiteOfficial Website

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sherpur Sadar has a population of 381,419. Males constitute 51.58% of the population, and females 48.42%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 189,019. Sherpur Sadar has an average literacy rate of 19.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[6]

Administration

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.[7]

Sherpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 46mahallas.[7]

Education
Mysaheba Jame Masque, Sherpur
See also: Education in Bangladesh

There are 11 colleges in the upazila: Sherpur Government College.[8], 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 Renowned schools are Ideal preparatory & high school(1991),Govt victoria academy,Govt girls high school,Nobarun public school etc.

According to Banglapedia, Sherpur Government Victoria Academy (1887), GK Pilot High School, founded in 1919, Sapmari High School (1907), and Sherpur High School (1920) are notable secondary schools.[5]Sherpur is the birth place of Different highly educated Doctors & Engineers,also people of different occupation.

See also

References
  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/php/bangladesh-admin.php?adm2id=8988
  2. Sherpur District Statistics 2011
  3. বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় তথ্য বাতায়ন
  4. Bangladesher Lokojo Sonskriti Gronthamala : Sherpur, Bangla Academy
  5. Sakil Ahmed Shahriar Milton (2012), "Sherpur Sadar Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  6. "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  7. "District Statistics 2011: Sherpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  8. "List of Colleges". Department of Secondary and Higher Education. Retrieved 6 September 2020.


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