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About Sultanpur Village

Sultanpur is a mid sized village in Mehnagar tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 511, made up of 257 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.71 hectares hectares.

Sultanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sultanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Mehnagar
Area (hectares) 97.71 hectares
Population 511
Male Population 257
Female Population 254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
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 204th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 97.71 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1048.

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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sultanpur from other places

Sultanpur lies about 22 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Phariha, about 12 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 Mehnagar 6.8 km
Nearest railway station Phariha 12 km
Nearest town Lalganj 13 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 22 km

Villages closest to Sultanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mehnagar 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 511. That makes it the 204th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Sultanpur village has 257 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sultanpur has about 988 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 1048.

Sultanpur covers 97.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sultanpur falls under Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sultanpur is Phariha, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sultanpur.

Sultanpur is about 22 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sultanpur is in Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district. Mehnagar is about 6.8 km away. Phariha is about 12 km away. Lalganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fakharpur (2.3 km), Bahorapur Bhadaur (2.5 km) and Umari Ganeshpur (2.5 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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