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About Dakshin Sultanpur Village

Dakshin Sultanpur is a small village in Kulpi tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 433, made up of 200 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,165 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743345, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Sultanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Sultanpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Kulpi
Pincode 743345
Area (hectares) 43.77 hectares
Population 433
Male Population 200
Female Population 233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,165
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dakshin Sultanpur compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Sultanpur is the 136th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents. Its 43.77 hectares work out to about 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Dakshin Sultanpur

Dakshin Sultanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Dakshin 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dakshin Sultanpur from other places

Dakshin Sultanpur lies about 21 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Karanjali, 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 Dakshin Sultanpur
Nearest railway station Karanjali under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kulpi 5.6 km
Nearest town Haldia 16 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 21 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Sultanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kulpi 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 Dakshin Sultanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Sultanpur village had a population of 433. That makes it the 136th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents.

Dakshin Sultanpur village has 200 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Sultanpur has about 1165 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Sultanpur is 743345. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Sultanpur covers 43.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dakshin Sultanpur falls under Kulpi tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Sultanpur is Karanjali, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Dakshin Sultanpur is about 21 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Sultanpur is in Kulpi tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Karanjali is about under 2 km away. Kulpi is about 5.6 km away. Haldia is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Krishna Ballabhpur (under 2 km), Sapmara (under 2 km) and Naknan (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Dakshin Sultanpur today is likely to be higher.

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