A study was conducted to assess the socioeconomic status of fishers’ community at Dekhar haor, in Sunamganj of Bangladesh for a period of 9 months from April to December 2014. It was done by questionnaire interviews (QI) of fishers, focus group discussions (FGD), key informant interviews (KII) and secondary data collection. Socioeconomic status of fishers’ community in Dekhar haor was presented in terms of family size and type, occupational status, educational status, housing condition, drinking water facilities, sanitary facilities, credit facilities and annual income etc. Most of the fishers were belonged to the age groups of 10 to 30 years (55%), represented by 80% Muslim. Over 70% of the fishers primary occupation was fishing, 20% was engaged in agriculture and 5% in daily labour, 1% in business activities and 4% unemployed. About 57% of the fishers were only could write name while 7%, 26% and 10% of the fishers were illiterate, primary and secondary level of education, respectively. The highest 90% fishers were living in tin roof with bamboo wall where only 8% were living in tin roof with brick wall house. About 75% of the fishers used semi-pakka while 15% used pakka and 5% of the fishers had no sanitary toilet facilities. It was found that only 20% of the fishers received health service from village doctors, 20% from upazila health complex, 38.50% from Kobiraj, 11.50% from homeopath medicine and remaining 10% got health service from private doctors. Most of the fishers of the haor basin used neighborhood tube-well for drinking water. The highest number (74%) of the fishers’ annual income ranged between 40,000 and 60,000 BDT. It was also revealed that illiteracy and lack of awareness were the major constraints. For the betterment of socioeconomic status of fishers, spreading out of education, health and sanitation, loan amenities from the government agencies and upgraded management of the local resources are suggested.