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Kapishtha Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Kapishtha is a medium size village located in Barabani Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 408 families residing. The Kapishtha village has population of 1932 of which 1004 are males while 928 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kapishtha village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 10.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kapishtha village is 924 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kapishtha as per census is 981, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kapishtha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kapishtha village was 78.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kapishtha Male literacy stands at 87.01 % while female literacy rate was 69.41 %.

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

Kapishtha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 408 - -
Population 1,932 1,004 928
Child (0-6) 204 103 101
Schedule Caste 390 199 191
Schedule Tribe 213 112 101
Literacy 78.59 % 87.01 % 69.41 %
Total Workers 626 584 42
Main Worker 523 - -
Marginal Worker 103 99 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.19 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 11.02 % of total population in Kapishtha village.

Work Profile

In Kapishtha village out of total population, 626 were engaged in work activities. 83.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 626 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.