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About Sultanpur Village

Sultanpur is a small village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 120 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sultanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sultanpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144517
Area (hectares) 55 hectares
Population 229
Male Population 120
Female Population 109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sultanpur compares

By the 2011 count Sultanpur is the 248th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

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 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 14 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 6.2 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 Rahon 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 12 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 14 km

Villages closest to Sultanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawanshahr 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 229. That makes it the 248th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Sultanpur village has 120 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sultanpur has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Sultanpur is 144517. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sultanpur covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sultanpur falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sultanpur is Rahon, about 6.2 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 village for Sultanpur.

Sultanpur is about 14 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sultanpur is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 6.2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 12 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dilawarpur (under 2 km), Salempur (under 2 km) and Thathiala (1.5 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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