# Sultanpur Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Sultanpur

Sultanpur is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **432 people in 86 households**, the 89th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 432people (2011)
- 86households
- 83.4%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sultanpur

Of every 100 households in Sultanpur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sultanpur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**33%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**32%

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 · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**953

Working population ****43.3%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 76.5% for women. 57% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (58%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Egra - II

- Atbati524 people
- Bhandarbere485 people
- Uttar Kuri457 people
- Jamua Lachhimpur451 people
- Bachhipur409 people
- Kirttipur372 people
- Ram Chak357 people
- Chandanpur313 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sultanpur?432 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sultanpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sultanpur?83.4% (Census 2011)