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About Sultanpur Village

Sultanpur is a large village in Hajipur tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,692, made up of 1,958 males and 1,734 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68 hectares hectares.

Sultanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sultanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Vaishali
Tehsil Hajipur
Area (hectares) 68 hectares
Population 3,692
Male Population 1,958
Female Population 1,734
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sultanpur compares

By the 2011 count Sultanpur is the 16th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,664 residents. Its 68 hectares work out to about 54 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Sultanpur

Sultanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sultanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 32 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction, about under 2 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
Nearest railway station Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction under 2 km
Nearest town Sonepur 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Hajipur 7.5 km
District headquarters Vaishali 32 km

Villages closest to Sultanpur

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

Common questions about Sultanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sultanpur village had a population of 3,692. That makes it the 16th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,664 residents.

Sultanpur village has 1,958 males and 1,734 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sultanpur has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Sultanpur covers 68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 54 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sultanpur falls under Hajipur tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sultanpur is Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Sultanpur is about 32 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sultanpur is in Hajipur tehsil of Vaishali district. Bharpura Pahleza Ghat Junction is about under 2 km away. Sonepur is about 3.0 km away. Hajipur is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arazi Sultanpur (under 2 km), Saidpur Jhirua (2.8 km) and Saidpur Parsuram Urf Jagdispur (2.8 km).

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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