# Kapishtha Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Kapishtha

Kapishtha is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,757 people in 764 households**, the 5th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 3,757people (2011)
- 764households
- 66.0%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapishtha

Of every 100 households in Kapishtha in 2011, 36 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kapishtha · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****40%**

**67%

Use banking services ****38%**

**43%

Television ****24%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kapishtha?

■ Kapishtha · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**908

Working population ****35.7%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 56.0% for women. 53% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 156 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 272 (20%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 411 (31%) · **■** Marginal 486 (36%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Gangajal Ghati8,708 people
- Keshiara6,922 people
- Bhairabpur4,669 people
- Raidihi3,813 people
- Gobinda Dham3,650 people
- Nidhirampur3,264 people
- Lachhmanpur3,117 people
- Bankdaha2,958 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapishtha?3,757 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapishtha in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapishtha?66.0% (Census 2011)