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Kapu Population - Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh

Kapu is a medium size village located in Khonsa Circle of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 98 families residing. The Kapu village has population of 556 of which 271 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kapu village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 11.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kapu village is 1052 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Kapu as per census is 1500, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Kapu village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kapu village was 45.21 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Kapu Male literacy stands at 53.88 % while female literacy rate was 36.59 %.

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

Kapu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 556 271 285
Child (0-6) 65 26 39
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 529 252 277
Literacy 45.21 % 53.88 % 36.59 %
Total Workers 282 139 143
Main Worker 263 - -
Marginal Worker 19 8 11

Caste Factor

In Kapu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.14 % of total population in Kapu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kapu village of Tirap.

Work Profile

In Kapu village out of total population, 282 were engaged in work activities. 93.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 282 workers engaged in Main Work, 240 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.