# Sultanpur Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/sultanpur/

Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Sultanpur

Sultanpur is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,376 people in 272 households**, the 47th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,376people (2011)
- 272households
- 70.1%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sultanpur

Of every 100 households in Sultanpur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sultanpur · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**81%

Use banking services ****96%**

**70%

Television ****32%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sultanpur?

■ Sultanpur · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**960

Working population ****43.5%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 56.8% for women. 57% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 226 (38%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 68 (11%) · **■** Marginal 204 (34%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Khandaghosh

- Torkona1,400 people
- Khundkuri1,389 people
- Telun1,383 people
- Muidhara1,376 people
- Krishnanagar1,367 people
- Shankarpur1,341 people
- Nichintapur1,312 people
- Amilia1,275 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sultanpur?1,376 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sultanpur in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sultanpur?70.1% (Census 2011)