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Kapilsahar Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Kapilsahar is a medium size village located in Murarai - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 243 families residing. The Kapilsahar village has population of 1114 of which 564 are males while 550 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kapilsahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 171 which makes up 15.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kapilsahar village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kapilsahar as per census is 966, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kapilsahar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kapilsahar village was 79.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kapilsahar Male literacy stands at 85.95 % while female literacy rate was 71.89 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kapilsahar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kapilsahar village.

Kapilsahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 1,114 564 550
Child (0-6) 171 87 84
Schedule Caste 409 213 196
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.00 % 85.95 % 71.89 %
Total Workers 594 357 237
Main Worker 386 - -
Marginal Worker 208 52 156

Caste Factor

In Kapilsahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.71 % of total population in Kapilsahar village. The village Kapilsahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kapilsahar village out of total population, 594 were engaged in work activities. 64.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 594 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 312 were Agricultural labourer.