Sherpur Sadar Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Sherpur Sadar
locator_position = right
latd = 25.0000
longd = 90.0167
division_name = Dhaka Division
district = Sherpur District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 381419
population_density = 1059
area_total = 360.01
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/sherpur/SherpurSadar.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Sherpur Sadar
footnotes =

Sherpur Sadar ( _bn. শেরপুর সদর) is an Upazila of Sherpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Sherpur Sadar is located at coord|25.0000|N|90.0167|E| . It has 80091 units of house hold and total area 360.01 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Sherpur Sadar has a population of 381,419. Males constitute are 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. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Sherpur Sadar is also famous for its rice mill.

Administrative

Sherpur Sadar has 16 Unions/Wards, 148 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 180 villages. an old famous school "sherpur govt. victoria academy" established in 1887, situated in "BAT TALA"

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References