# Kapsia Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Kapsia

Kapsia is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,027 people in 691 households**, the 24th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 3,027people (2011)
- 691households
- 65.3%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapsia

Of every 100 households in Kapsia in 2011, 25 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kapsia · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

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

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****14%**

**16%

Television ****10%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**46%

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 Kapsia?

■ Kapsia · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****762**

**953

Working population ****38.1%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 55.4% for women. 53% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 184 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 518 (45%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 193 (17%) · **■** Marginal 238 (21%)

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 Chanchal - II

- Belungaon3,403 people
- Bidyanandapur3,196 people
- Janipur3,097 people
- Gorakhpur3,039 people
- Mahammadpur2,993 people
- Boalia2,696 people
- Jadupur2,668 people
- Baharabad2,640 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapsia?3,027 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapsia in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapsia?65.3% (Census 2011)