About Kapasi Village

Kapasi is a mid sized village in Chewara tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,700, made up of 868 males and 832 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414 hectares hectares.

Kapasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kapasi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Tehsil	Chewara
Area (hectares)	414 hectares
Population	1,700
Male Population	868
Female Population	832
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kapasi compares

By the 2011 count Kapasi is the 19th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 414 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Kapasi

Kapasi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kapasi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kapasi from other places

Kapasi lies about 14 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Adarsh Manpur, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kapasi
Tehsil headquarters	Chewara	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Adarsh Manpur	11 km
District headquarters	Sheikhpura	14 km

Villages closest to Kapasi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chewara tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kapasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kapasi village had a population of 1,700. That makes it the 19th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Kapasi village has 868 males and 832 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kapasi has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 965.

Kapasi covers 414 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kapasi falls under Chewara tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kapasi is Adarsh Manpur, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kapasi.

Kapasi is about 14 km from Sheikhpura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kapasi is in Chewara tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Chewara is about 4.7 km away. Adarsh Manpur is about 11 km away. Sheikhpura is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.