Village · Hura, Puruliya
# Kapasgora

Kapasgora is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 638 people in 123 households, the 74th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.
- 638 people (2011)
- 123 households
- 70.4% literacy
- 963 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapasgora

Of every 100 households in Kapasgora in 2011, 25 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kapasgora · ■ Hura rural average
- Electricity for lighting 25% 25%
- Toilet within the home 2% 7%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 92%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 5%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 93% 75%
- Use banking services 21% 41%
- Television 11% 13%
- Mobile phone 51% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 14% 25%
- Own their home 95% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kapasgora?

■ Kapasgora · ■ Hura rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 70.4% 68.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 963 970
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 742 954
- Working population 53.4% 48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 54.5% for women. 54% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 52 (15%) · ■ Farm labourers 159 (47%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 62 (18%) · ■ Marginal 67 (20%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Hura
- Phuphundi 722 people
- Rampur 709 people
- Dhagra 700 people
- Layekdi 689 people
- Bagdisha 634 people
- Gundlubari 615 people
- Dapang 608 people
- Bahukakata 593 people

All 116 villages in Hura

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kapasgora? 638 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapasgora in? Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapasgora? 70.4% (Census 2011)

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