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Kapishta Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Kapishta is a medium size village located in Mohammad Bazar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 346 families residing. The Kapishta village has population of 1461 of which 752 are males while 709 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kapishta village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 12.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kapishta village is 943 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kapishta as per census is 874, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kapishta village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kapishta village was 80.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kapishta Male literacy stands at 86.30 % while female literacy rate was 73.48 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kapishta 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 Kapishta village.

Kapishta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 346 - -
Population 1,461 752 709
Child (0-6) 178 95 83
Schedule Caste 569 288 281
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.05 % 86.30 % 73.48 %
Total Workers 506 452 54
Main Worker 157 - -
Marginal Worker 349 311 38

Caste Factor

In Kapishta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.95 % of total population in Kapishta village. The village Kapishta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kapishta village out of total population, 506 were engaged in work activities. 31.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 506 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.