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About Sultanpur Village

Sultanpur is a mid sized village in Jagdishpur tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,686, made up of 915 males and 771 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173 hectares hectares.

Sultanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sultanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Jagdishpur
Area (hectares) 173 hectares
Population 1,686
Male Population 915
Female Population 771
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 843
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sultanpur compares

By the 2011 count Sultanpur is the 64th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents. Its 173 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Sultanpur

Sultanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sultanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sonbarsa, Sondhi, Sonhauli and Sonmania Bahiar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Sultanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sultanpur village had a population of 1,686. That makes it the 64th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents.

Sultanpur village has 915 males and 771 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sultanpur has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Sultanpur covers 173 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sultanpur falls under Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The census record for Sultanpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sultanpur.

Sultanpur is in Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sultanpur today is likely to be higher.

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