# Kapsi Village, Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Kapsi

Kapsi is a village in Kanker sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494670**. The 2011 Census counted **1,140 people in 247 households**, the 25th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,140people (2011)
- 247households
- 69.6%literacy
- 494670PIN code

## Kapsi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kapsi is 494670.** Kapsi falls in Kanker sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494670
- Gram panchayatKapsi
- Community development blockKanker
- Census village code447807

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

## How far is Kapsi from nearby towns?

- Kanker (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)24 km by road
- Kanker (nearest town)25 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 Kapsi?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kapsi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dhaneli Kahar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kanker
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 h winter

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 Kapsi known for?

The main crops are **paddy, tivra and pea**. About 62% of the 570 hectares of village land is sown, and 81 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 Kapsi

Of every 100 households in Kapsi in 2011, 81 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kapsi · ■ Kanker rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**84%

Tap water ****4%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****30%**

**34%

Television ****27%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kapsi?

■ Kapsi · ■ Kanker rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**72.5%

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

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**1001

Working population ****58.2%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 59.9% for women. 59% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 151 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 39 (6%) · **■** Marginal 458 (69%)

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 Kanker

- Andi1,291 people
- Anjani1,271 people
- Kurishtikur1,208 people
- Pidhapal1,202 people
- Dumali1,132 people
- Mohpur1,103 people
- Kokpur1,102 people
- Malgaon1,089 people

[All 100 villages in Kanker](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/kanker/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kapsi?494670
- How far is Kapsi from Kanker?24 km by road
- What is the population of Kapsi?1,140 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapsi in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Kanker sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kapsi?69.6% (Census 2011)
