# Kapistha Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Kapistha

Kapistha is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **847 people in 184 households**, the 42nd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 847people (2011)
- 184households
- 65.3%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapistha

Of every 100 households in Kapistha in 2011, 44 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kapistha · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**68%

Use banking services ****17%**

**35%

Television ****8%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kapistha?

■ Kapistha · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**961

Working population ****34.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 53.4% for women. 56% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 30 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (24%) · **■** Other work 159 (54%) · **■** Marginal 36 (12%)

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 Bankura - I

- Pura Mouli864 people
- Amlatara863 people
- Nandigram855 people
- Baindhka847 people
- Chelema840 people
- Balardihi821 people
- Bhaturi814 people
- Damodarpur804 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapistha?847 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapistha in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapistha?65.3% (Census 2011)