# Sultanpur Village, Kaliachak - III, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliachak - III, Maldah 

# Sultanpur

Sultanpur is a village in Kaliachak - III sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,277 people in 242 households**, the 46th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.7%.

- 1,277people (2011)
- 242households
- 57.0%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sultanpur

Of every 100 households in Sultanpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sultanpur · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****43%**

**22%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****63%**

**43%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Kaliachak - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.0%**

**53.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1210**

**967

Working population ****42.4%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.1% for men and 52.5% for women. 53% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (29%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 19 (4%) · **■** Marginal 250 (46%)

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 Kaliachak - III

- Kazichak1,846 people
- Akanda Baria1,651 people
- Chaklalu1,627 people
- Uzirpur1,315 people
- Niyogi Nagar1,274 people
- Nurnagar1,206 people
- Bairbona1,201 people
- Hadinagar1,181 people

[All 73 villages in Kaliachak - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/kaliachak-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sultanpur?1,277 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sultanpur in?Maldah district (Kaliachak - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sultanpur?57.0% (Census 2011)