# Sulantu Village, Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman 

# Sulantu

Sulantu is a village in Purbasthali - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,351 people in 350 households**, the 37th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,351people (2011)
- 350households
- 86.3%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sulantu

Of every 100 households in Sulantu in 2011, 43 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sulantu · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**40%

Tap water ****2%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**25%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**81%

Use banking services ****39%**

**48%

Television ****30%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Sulantu?

■ Sulantu · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**954

Working population ****43.1%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 82.5% for women. 67% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (24%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 373 (64%) · **■** Marginal 18 (3%)

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 Purbasthali - I

- Ningra1,524 people
- Dharmatala1,519 people
- Kachua1,493 people
- Rajapur1,433 people
- Maudanga1,347 people
- Bidyanagar1,332 people
- Malgaria1,328 people
- Sahazadpur1,324 people

[All 95 villages in Purbasthali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sulantu?1,351 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sulantu in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sulantu?86.3% (Census 2011)