# Kapishta Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Kapishta

Kapishta is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **246 people in 48 households**, the 173rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 246people (2011)
- 48households
- 82.2%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapishta

Of every 100 households in Kapishta in 2011, 41 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kapishta · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**84%

Use banking services ****96%**

**50%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kapishta?

■ Kapishta · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**937

Working population ****47.6%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 71.7% for women. 52% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 19 (16%) · **■** Marginal 87 (74%)

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 Kashipur

- Bhabanipur268 people
- Adali265 people
- Patpur261 people
- Gosaindi255 people
- Gayapahari239 people
- Krishtaganj217 people
- Dejori216 people
- Kharai216 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapishta?246 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapishta in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapishta?82.2% (Census 2011)