[4][5][6][7] According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Sherpur Sadar Upazila had 122,280 households and a population of 497,179.

Sherpur Sadar has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 36.74%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 986 females per 1000 males.

[9][10] According to the 2001 Bangladesh census, Sherpur upazila had a population of 449,798; males constituted 234,296, females 215,502; Muslim 437,227, Hindu 11,439, Buddhist 517, Christian 15 and others 600.

[7] 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.

[7] Sherpur is the birthplace of numerous highly educated doctors and engineers, also people of different occupations.