# Kapasi Village, Chewara, Sheikhpura (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Kapasi

Kapasi is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,700 people in 266 households**, the 19th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 1,700people (2011)
- 266households
- 68.0%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Kapasi PIN code and other codes

Kapasi falls in Chewara sub-district, Sheikhpura district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChhatiyara
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244023

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kapasi from nearby towns?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ)18 km by road
- Sheikhpura (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kapasi?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kapasi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Chewara
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kapasi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 72% of the 414 hectares of village land is sown, and 96 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kapasi

Of every 100 households in Kapasi in 2011, 1 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kapasi · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**79%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****27%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**34%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Kapasi?

■ Kapasi · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**958

Working population ****46.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 56.0% for women. 56% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 414 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (12%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (3%) · **■** Marginal 246 (31%)

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 Chewara

- Barari2,050 people
- Teai1,894 people
- Belchhi1,830 people
- Sijhori1,764 people
- Gadua1,521 people
- Andauli1,488 people
- Kusekher1,367 people
- Uski1,277 people

[All 39 villages in Chewara](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sheikhpura/chewara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kapasi from Sheikhpura?18 km by road
- What is the population of Kapasi?1,700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapasi in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kapasi?68.0% (Census 2011)