# Kaptya, Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur – Population

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kaptya

Kaptya is a village in [Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/) sub-district of [Paschim Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **629 people in 116 households**, the 90th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 629people (2011)
- 116households
- 58.0%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaptya

Of every 100 households in Kaptya in 2011, 82 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kaptya · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**66%

Tap water ****98%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**41%

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

**9%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****38%**

**46%

Television ****47%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**15%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Kaptya?

■ Kaptya · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**74.2%

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

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****724**

**971

Working population ****33.9%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 47.0% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 43 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (10%) · **■** Other work 127 (60%) · **■** Marginal 21 (10%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Dangar Para644 people
- Jagannathpur640 people
- Dhadki639 people
- Ghorabandha Chati633 people
- Andharkuli620 people
- Bagberia620 people
- Ramnagar578 people
- Shobhanipur570 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaptya?629 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaptya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaptya?58.0% (Census 2011)