# Kapasia Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kapasia

Kapasia is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,334 people in 321 households**, the 52nd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,334people (2011)
- 321households
- 83.9%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapasia

Of every 100 households in Kapasia in 2011, 72 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kapasia · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**15%

Tap water ****11%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**78%

Use banking services ****37%**

**46%

Television ****38%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****93%**

**92%

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 Kapasia?

■ Kapasia · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**940

Working population ****37.5%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 80.6% for women. 62% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (10%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 286 (57%) · **■** Marginal 70 (14%)

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 Barasat - I

- Kotra1,472 people
- Daspuldanga1,457 people
- Chandigori1,452 people
- Malikapur1,372 people
- Chaturia1,296 people
- Sadarpur1,270 people
- Lakshmipur1,233 people
- Sebarhat1,188 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapasia?1,334 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapasia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapasia?83.9% (Census 2011)