# Kapas Gerya Village, Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kapas Gerya

Kapas Gerya is a village in Keshiary sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **825 people in 205 households**, the 59th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.8%.

- 825people (2011)
- 205households
- 69.4%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapas Gerya

Of every 100 households in Kapas Gerya in 2011, 30 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kapas Gerya · ■ Keshiary rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****67%**

**41%

Television ****17%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**24%

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 Kapas Gerya?

■ Kapas Gerya · ■ Keshiary rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**76.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1216**

**955

Working population ****59.2%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 65.7% for women. 69% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 57 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (34%) · **■** Other work 38 (8%) · **■** Marginal 226 (46%)

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 Keshiary

- Bena Gerya900 people
- Darra894 people
- Karanjimura867 people
- Jaykrishna Pur826 people
- Mandar805 people
- Junbalda796 people
- Kapurar793 people
- Bagaria757 people

[All 220 villages in Keshiary](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshiary/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapas Gerya?825 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapas Gerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshiary sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapas Gerya?69.4% (Census 2011)