# Kapasita Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kapasita

Kapasita is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,761 people in 367 households**, the 6th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 1,761people (2011)
- 367households
- 65.4%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapasita

Of every 100 households in Kapasita in 2011, 10 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kapasita · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**89%

Tap water ****4%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****4%**

**25%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kapasita?

■ Kapasita · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**960

Working population ****44.9%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 53.4% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (11%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 81 (10%) · **■** Marginal 609 (77%)

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 Jamboni

- Chichra3,116 people
- Belia2,268 people
- Gidhni1,935 people
- Dubra1,799 people
- Nunia1,694 people
- Beragari1,691 people
- Ghutia1,588 people
- Kherya Juri1,573 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapasita?1,761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapasita in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapasita?65.4% (Census 2011)