# Kapasia Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kapasia

Kapasia is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,159 people in 2,093 households**, the 1st largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 10,159people (2011)
- 2,093households
- 60.1%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kapasia

Of every 100 households in Kapasia in 2011, 22 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kapasia · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kapasia?

■ Kapasia · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**955

Working population ****29.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.2% for men and 60.1% for women. 51% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,331 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 990 (33%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 200 (7%) · **■** Marginal 449 (15%)

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 Itahar

- Dhulahar5,681 people
- Khesra5,617 people
- Gorahar4,823 people
- Keotal4,655 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kapasia?10,159 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kapasia in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kapasia?60.1% (Census 2011)