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Sherpur Sadar ( bn, শেরপুর সদর) is an
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 (1991), Govt victoria academy, Govt girls high school, and Nobarun public school.
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.Sherpur is the birth place of Different highly educated Doctors & Engineers,also people of different occupation.
upazila
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
of Sherpur District
Sherpur district ( bn, শেরপুর জেলা, ''Sherpur Jela'' also ''Sherpur Zila'') is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Mymensingh Division. Sherpur district was a sub-division of Jamalpur District before 1984. It was ...
in the Division of Mymensingh
Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is the capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of Brahmaputra River, about north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center and educational hub of north- ...
, Bangladesh
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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 78.23% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.Administration
Sherpur Sadar Upazila is divided into Sherpur Municipality and 14union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
s: 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 mahalla
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations.
History
Historically, mahallas were autonomous social i ...
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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 (1991), Govt victoria academy, Govt girls high school, and Nobarun public school.
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.Sherpur is the birth place of Different highly educated Doctors & Engineers,also people of different occupation.
See also
*Upazilas of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
* Districts of Bangladesh
* Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Upazilas of Sherpur District {{mymensingh-geo-stub