About Kapu Village

Kapu is a large village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,484, made up of 1,226 males and 1,258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 547.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kapu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kapu village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	496118
Area (hectares)	547.29 hectares
Population	2,484
Male Population	1,226
Female Population	1,258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kapu compares

By the 2011 count Kapu is the 13th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents. Its 547.29 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Kapu

Kapu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kapu as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kapu from other places

Kapu lies about 137 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, about 5.6 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 Kapu
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Ambikapur	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	34 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	137 km

Villages closest to Kapu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Udaipur 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 Kapu

As per the Census of India 2011, Kapu village had a population of 2,484. That makes it the 13th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents.

Kapu village has 1,226 males and 1,258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kapu has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Kapu is 496118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kapu covers 547.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kapu falls under Udaipur tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kapu is Ambikapur, about 5.6 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Kapu.

Kapu is about 137 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kapu is in Udaipur tehsil of Raigarh district. Ambikāpur is about under 2 km away. Ambikapur is about 5.6 km away. Udaipur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.