# Sultanpur Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Sultanpur

Sultanpur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **633 people in 142 households**, the 127th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 633people (2011)
- 142households
- 74.6%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sultanpur

Of every 100 households in Sultanpur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sultanpur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****6%**

**27%

Television ****13%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**37%

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 · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1064**

**936

Working population ****31.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 69.2% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (29%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 33 (17%)

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 Gangarampur

- Kunail647 people
- Narasundarpara642 people
- Madhya Raghunathpur641 people
- Katkihari640 people
- Enayatpur587 people
- Arazi Lalchandpur584 people
- Udhura Prananathpur584 people
- Kamar Khair581 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sultanpur?633 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sultanpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sultanpur?74.6% (Census 2011)