Sherpur is an Upazila of Bogra District

Bogra District

Bogra is a northern district of Bangladesh, in the Rajshahi Division. It is called the gateway to the north Bengal. It is an industrial city where many small and mid sized industries are housed. Bogra district was a part of the ancient Pundravardhana territory and Bogra was the capital of...

 in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. Sherpur has 12 Unions/Wards, 240 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 313 villages.
It has 45,258 households and a total area of 296.27 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Sherpur has a population of 229,005. Males represent 50.89% of the population, and females 49.11%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 122513. Sherpur has an average literacy rate of 23.6% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.

Background of Naming

It is listened that, in Sherpur once lived "Sher-শের
" Family. From then day by day it has turned to the name "Sherpur".