# Kapilsahar Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Kapilsahar

Kapilsahar is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,114 people in 243 households**, the 46th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 1,114people (2011)
- 243households
- 79.0%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapilsahar

Of every 100 households in Kapilsahar in 2011, 12 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kapilsahar · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

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

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**86%

Use banking services ****27%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**46%

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 Kapilsahar?

■ Kapilsahar · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**983

Working population ****53.3%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 71.9% for women. 63% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 312 (53%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (8%) · **■** Marginal 208 (35%)

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 Murarai - I

- Badebalia1,183 people
- Harirampur1,162 people
- Dadpur1,153 people
- Bhabanipur1,138 people
- Sitachar1,108 people
- Sanfua1,102 people
- Bandhaipur1,059 people
- Dakshin Kasila1,036 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapilsahar?1,114 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapilsahar in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapilsahar?79.0% (Census 2011)