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Kapishta Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kapishta is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 48 families residing. The Kapishta village has population of 246 of which 126 are males while 120 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kapishta village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 6.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kapishta village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kapishta as per census is 778, 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 82.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kapishta Male literacy stands at 92.31 % while female literacy rate was 71.68 %.

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 48 - -
Population 246 126 120
Child (0-6) 16 9 7
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 98 44 54
Literacy 82.17 % 92.31 % 71.68 %
Total Workers 117 66 51
Main Worker 30 - -
Marginal Worker 87 42 45

Caste Factor

In Kapishta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.84 % of total population in Kapishta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kapishta village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kapishta village out of total population, 117 were engaged in work activities. 25.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 117 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.