# Kapurda Village, Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mahisadal, Purba Medinipur 

# Kapurda

Kapurda is a village in Mahisadal sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,933 people in 370 households**, the 40th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.1%.

- 1,933people (2011)
- 370households
- 82.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapurda

Of every 100 households in Kapurda in 2011, 67 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kapurda · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**6%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**85%

Use banking services ****47%**

**42%

Television ****22%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Kapurda?

■ Kapurda · ■ Mahisadal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**86.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1046**

**948

Working population ****33.9%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 76.9% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (13%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 212 (32%) · **■** Marginal 342 (52%)

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 Mahisadal

- Gopal Chak2,197 people
- Chandipur2,047 people
- Bholsara2,008 people
- Ektarpur1,983 people
- Jhaupatra1,694 people
- Kamalpur1,686 people
- Jagannathpur1,680 people
- Terapekhya1,579 people

[All 75 villages in Mahisadal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/mahisadal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapurda?1,933 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapurda in?Purba Medinipur district (Mahisadal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapurda?82.5% (Census 2011)