Sherpur is a big village of ‘Sakarwar Vansh’ in the Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh. It is a historical village situated at north of Gahmar on the bank of Holy Ganga River. It lies in Muhammadabad tehsil and 35 km from Ghazipur District. The population of this village is near about 31322 as per 2011 Census.The region of Sherpur has a tota geographical area of 4913.64 Hectares and had a land area of 5197 Hectares. Having a history of almost four hundred years, this village has rich heritage of history of India's independence struggle. Freedom fighter Shivpujan Rai belongs to this village. It is the village of freedom fighters. Eight people died in protesting British raj in 1942 at Mohammadabad tehsil on 18 August. It has its own local administration under Panchayati Raj system, with Gram Pradhan as head. It has one of the biggest Gram Panchayat of Ghazipur district having six villages, Sherpur Kalan, Sherpur Khurd, Semra, Vachhal ka pura, Dharampura under its fold. Since independence of the country the village pradhan of Sherpur has played an important role in local politics of Ghazipur district. At present Smt. Anjali Rai is the Gram Pradhan of this panchayat.

Sherpur
Village
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Established	1590; 431 years ago
Founded by	Dullah Rai
Population Total (2011)	Aprox. 2 Lakh
Languages Official	Hindi
Time Zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	233227
Vehicle registration	UP-61
Lok Sabha Constituency	Ballia
Parliament MP	Virendra Singh
Assembly Constituency	Mohammadabad
Assembly MLA	Suhaib Alias Mannu Ansari
Government Body	Gram Panchayat
Gram Pradhan	Smt. Anjali Rai