# Kapsa Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Kapsa

Kapsa is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,681 people in 260 households**, the 325th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,681people (2011)
- 260households
- 66.7%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapsa

Of every 100 households in Kapsa in 2011, 64 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kapsa · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**68%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**85%

Use banking services ****87%**

**75%

Television ****43%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**21%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**7%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kapsa?

■ Kapsa · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****805**

**883

Working population ****26.2%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 51.1% for women. 45% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 202 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 192 (44%) · **■** Marginal 33 (7%)

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 Varanasi

- Gajapur1,714 people
- Gajepur1,706 people
- Airla1,693 people
- Bhisori1,691 people
- Lakhanpur1,669 people
- Panditpur1,664 people
- Mahrajpur1,658 people
- Sahawabad1,631 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapsa?1,681 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapsa in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kapsa?66.7% (Census 2011)