Sherpur District
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Key facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Division
- Mymensingh Division
- Established
- 12 February 1984
- Headquarters
- Sherpur
- Zila chairman
- Md. Humayun Kabir Ruman (Awami League)
- Deputy commissioner
- Torfadar Mahmudur Rahman
- Total
- 1,364.67 km (526.90 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,100.52/km (2,850.35/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Sherpuri
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00 ( BST )
- Area code
- 0931
- Iso 3166 code
- BD-57
- Hdi 2018
- 0.574 , medium · 18th of 21
- Website
- sherpur .gov .bd
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Bangladesh
- Official name
- শেরপুর জেলা
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Located in
- Mymensingh Division
- Capital
- Sherpur
- Population
- 1501853
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Shares border with
- Mymensingh District
- Official website
- www.sherpur.gov.bd
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- native label
- Sherpur District
- language used
- Garo
- postal code
- ২১০০
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Encyclopedic overview
Sherpur District (Bengali: শেরপুর জেলা) 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 upgraded to a district on February 22, 1984 under Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralization programme. Sherpur is located about 197–199 kilometres (122–124 mi) north of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sherpur District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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