# Sultanpur Village, Minakhan – Population & Literacy

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Sultanpur

Sultanpur is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,615 people in 597 households**, the 27th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 2,615people (2011)
- 597households
- 76.5%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sultanpur

Of every 100 households in Sultanpur in 2011, 41 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sultanpur · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**14%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****40%**

**29%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**44%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**961

Working population ****31.7%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 72.8% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (23%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 370 (45%) · **■** Marginal 138 (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 Minakhan

- Ghonarban2,791 people
- Maliari2,723 people
- Niruli2,704 people
- Hosenpur2,681 people
- Malancha Abad2,610 people
- Amadpur2,528 people
- Muchikhola2,522 people
- Sankardaha2,487 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sultanpur?2,615 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sultanpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sultanpur?76.5% (Census 2011)