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Kaptya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kaptya is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 116 families residing. The Kaptya village has population of 629 of which 323 are males while 306 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaptya village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 15.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaptya village is 947 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaptya as per census is 724, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kaptya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaptya village was 58.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kaptya Male literacy stands at 69.06 % while female literacy rate was 46.97 %.

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

Kaptya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 116 - -
Population 629 323 306
Child (0-6) 100 58 42
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.03 % 69.06 % 46.97 %
Total Workers 213 182 31
Main Worker 192 - -
Marginal Worker 21 17 4

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kaptya village of Paschim Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Kaptya village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 90.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.