# Kapishta Village, Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum 

# Kapishta

Kapishta is a village in Mohammad Bazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,461 people in 346 households**, the 45th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,461people (2011)
- 346households
- 80.0%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapishta

Of every 100 households in Kapishta in 2011, 32 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kapishta · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**39%

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

**16%

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

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**80%

Use banking services ****51%**

**34%

Television ****20%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kapishta?

■ Kapishta · ■ Mohammad Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**983

Working population ****34.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 73.5% for women. 60% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 123 (24%) · **■** Marginal 349 (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 Mohammad Bazar

- Bishnupur1,507 people
- Birupur1,500 people
- Char Ichharaghubarpur1,488 people
- Karaia Nimdaspur1,475 people
- Debagram1,411 people
- Bahadurganja1,392 people
- Maulpur1,372 people
- Ghagha1,351 people

[All 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mohammad-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapishta?1,461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapishta in?Birbhum district (Mohammad Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapishta?80.0% (Census 2011)