Sherkot is a Nagar Palika Parishad city in district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Sherkot city is divided into 25 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Sherkot Nagar Palika Parishad has population of 62,226 of which 32,369 are males while 29,857 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 9692 which is 15.58 % of total population of Sherkot (NPP). In Sherkot Nagar Palika Parishad, Female Sex Ratio is of 922 against state average of 912. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Sherkot is around 888 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Sherkot city is 68.20 % higher than state average of 67.68 %. In Sherkot, Male literacy is around 73.29 % while female literacy rate is 62.71 %.

Sherkot Nagar Palika Parishad has total administration over 9,668 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.17 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.01 % of total population in Sherkot (NPP).