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About Sultanpur Village

Sultanpur is a mid sized village in Mayureswar II tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 294 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sultanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sultanpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Mayureswar II
Pincode 731216
Area (hectares) 121.75 hectares
Population 548
Male Population 294
Female Population 254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 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 78th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 121.75 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

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 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 18 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 4.7 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 Chatra 4.7 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Mayureswar II 18 km
District headquarters Birbhum 18 km

Villages closest to Sultanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayureswar II 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 548. That makes it the 78th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Sultanpur village has 294 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sultanpur has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Sultanpur is 731216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sultanpur covers 121.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sultanpur falls under Mayureswar II tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sultanpur is Chatra, about 4.7 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sultanpur.

Sultanpur is about 18 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sultanpur is in Mayureswar II tehsil of Birbhum district. Chatra is about 4.7 km away. Nalhāti is about 9.0 km away. Mayureswar II is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumarpur (3.4 km), Ujalpur (4.3 km) and Sundara (5.2 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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