# Kapasda Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kapasda

Kapasda is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,784 people in 393 households**, the 17th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,784people (2011)
- 393households
- 94.0%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapasda

Of every 100 households in Kapasda in 2011, 34 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kapasda · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**91%

Use banking services ****51%**

**43%

Television ****17%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kapasda?

■ Kapasda · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.0%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****673**

**956

Working population ****31.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.3% for men and 89.7% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 136 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 204 (36%) · **■** Marginal 127 (22%)

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 Contai - I

- Silampur2,032 people
- Ghatua1,904 people
- Haipur1,823 people
- Paschim Chandanpur1,804 people
- Badhie1,742 people
- Dakshin Charai Khia1,738 people
- Mukundapur1,726 people
- Rania1,707 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapasda?1,784 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapasda in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapasda?94.0% (Census 2011)