# Kapsit Village, Arambag, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arambag, Hugli 

# Kapsit

Kapsit is a village in Arambag sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,208 people in 494 households**, the 43rd largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 2,208people (2011)
- 494households
- 75.6%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapsit

Of every 100 households in Kapsit in 2011, 56 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kapsit · ■ Arambag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**30%

Tap water ****39%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**88%

Use banking services ****64%**

**42%

Television ****33%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kapsit?

■ Kapsit · ■ Arambag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**959

Working population ****35.9%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 66.3% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 197 (25%) · **■** Marginal 437 (55%)

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 Arambag

- Benga2,374 people
- Selalpur2,363 people
- Jaysinha Chak2,315 people
- Rangtakhali2,314 people
- Uttar Narayanpur2,175 people
- Pandugram2,137 people
- Dakshin Narayanpur2,070 people
- Pura2,060 people

[All 159 villages in Arambag](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/arambag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapsit?2,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapsit in?Hugli district (Arambag sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapsit?75.6% (Census 2011)