# Sultanpur Village, Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad 

# Sultanpur

Sultanpur is a village in Bhagawangola - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,458 people in 504 households**, the 26th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,458people (2011)
- 504households
- 66.4%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sultanpur

Of every 100 households in Sultanpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sultanpur · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**29%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**43%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****14%**

**29%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**35%

Own their home ****96%**

**92%

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 · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**961

Working population ****32.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 67.5% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 132 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 310 (39%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 92 (12%) · **■** Marginal 261 (33%)

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 Bhagawangola - I

- Naodapara2,932 people
- Basantapur2,904 people
- Balia Hasennagar2,734 people
- Paschim Gobindapur2,677 people
- Chandipur Ramkantapur2,438 people
- Bajipur2,354 people
- Chhakka Nagar2,125 people
- Kulgachi2,110 people

[All 60 villages in Bhagawangola - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sultanpur?2,458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sultanpur in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sultanpur?66.4% (Census 2011)