About Sultanpur Village

Sultanpur is a large village in Andar tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,628, made up of 2,346 males and 2,282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares.

Sultanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sultanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Andar
Area (hectares)	163 hectares
Population	4,628
Male Population	2,346
Female Population	2,282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sultanpur compares

By the 2011 count Sultanpur is the 7th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

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 village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sultanpur from other places

Sultanpur lies about 16 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Jiradei, about 15 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sultanpur
Tehsil headquarters	Andar	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Jiradei	15 km
District headquarters	Siwan	16 km
Nearest town	Siwān	16 km

Villages closest to Sultanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Andar tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Sultanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sultanpur village had a population of 4,628. That makes it the 7th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents.

Sultanpur village has 2,346 males and 2,282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sultanpur has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Sultanpur covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sultanpur falls under Andar tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sultanpur is Jiradei, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sultanpur.

Sultanpur is about 16 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sultanpur is in Andar tehsil of Siwan district. Andar is about under 2 km away. Jiradei is about 15 km away. Siwan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.