# Kapshit Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Kapshit

Kapshit is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,524 people in 396 households**, the 41st largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,524people (2011)
- 396households
- 77.2%literacy
- 1,043females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapshit

Of every 100 households in Kapshit in 2011, 43 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kapshit · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**36%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**81%

Use banking services ****48%**

**70%

Television ****8%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**19%

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 Kapshit?

■ Kapshit · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.2%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1043**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1066**

**960

Working population ****32.7%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 69.0% for women. 62% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 72 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 314 (63%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 50 (10%) · **■** Marginal 47 (9%)

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 Khandaghosh

- Amba1,633 people
- Napara1,613 people
- Kule1,579 people
- Alipur1,546 people
- Aradanga1,517 people
- Torkona1,400 people
- Khundkuri1,389 people
- Telun1,383 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapshit?1,524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapshit in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapshit?77.2% (Census 2011)