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3.10.1 Background: Sherpur, the third largest upazila of Bogra Zila in respect of both area and
population, situated on the bank of the river Korotoya, came into existence as a thana on August 12,
1870 and upgraded to upazila in 1983. Nothing is definitely known about the origin of the upazila
name. However, Sherpur town is an ancient place of historical significance. It is said that during the
reign of Sher Shah, the then Pathan sultan of Delhi, a military camp was set up at Sherpur which
became well-kown thereafter. It is believed that the upazila might have derived its name from the
name of the place where its headquarters is located.

3.10.2 Area and Location: The upazila occupies an area of 295.93 sq. km.. It is located between
24º32' and 24º44'north latitudes and 89º20' and 89º32' east longitudes. It is bounded on the north by
Sajahanpur Upazila and east by Dhunat Upazila. On the other hand, Royganj Upazila and Tarash
Upazila of Sirajganj Zila are bounded south and Singra Upazila of Natore Zila and Nandigram Upazila
surround its west.

3.10.3 Administrative/Geographic Unit: The upazila consists of 1 paurashava, 9 wards, 19
mahallas, 10 unions, 223 populated mauzas and 322 villages. The average size of population of each
ward and mahalla are 2795 and 1324 respectively. On the other hand, the average size of population
of each union, mauza and village are 30767, 1380 and 956 respectively.

3.10.4 Housing and Household Characteristics: In the upazila, there are 81753 households.
Distribution of household by type shows that there are 99.86% general unit,, 0.03% institutional and
0.11% other unit.

• Household Size: The average household size (General) for the upazila is 4.1 persons, for
rural area the size is 4.0 and for urban area the size is slightly higher i.e. 4.4.

• Type of Housing Structure: In the upazila, 3.1% general households live in pucca house,
21.8% in semi-pucca house, 71.8% in kutcha house and the remaining 3.3% live in jhupri
which is shown in a pie-chart in figure 10.1.

Figure 10.1: Housing structure by type, 2011

71.8%
3.3%
3.1%

21.8%

Pucca Semi‐Pucca Kutcha Jhupri

• Source of Drinking Water: In Sherpur Upazila, 93.7% general households get the facility of
drinking water from tube-well, 3.8% from tap and the remaining 2.5% household get water
from other sources.

• Sanitation: In the upazila, 71.3% general households use sanitary latrine, 21.8% non-
sanitary latrine and the remaining 6.9% have no toilet facility.

• Access to Electricity: All the 10 unions of the upazila have brought under the Rural
Electrification Program. However, a total of 43.4% general households reported to have
electricity connection in the entire upazila in 2011 as against 19.8% in 2001.
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