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About Kapeta Village

Kapeta is a mid sized village in Bashant Rai tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,054, made up of 546 males and 508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186 hectares hectares.

Kapeta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kapeta village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Bashant Rai
Area (hectares) 186 hectares
Population 1,054
Male Population 546
Female Population 508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kapeta compares

By the 2011 count Kapeta is the 37th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 186 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Kapeta

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

Kapeta lies about 2.6 km from Bashant Rai, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 16 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 Kapeta
Tehsil headquarters Bashant Rai 2.6 km
Nearest railway station Godda 16 km

Villages closest to Kapeta

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

Common questions about Kapeta

As per the Census of India 2011, Kapeta village had a population of 1,054. That makes it the 37th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Kapeta village has 546 males and 508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kapeta has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

Kapeta covers 186 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kapeta falls under Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kapeta is Godda, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kapeta.

Kapeta is about 2.6 km from Bashant Rai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kapeta is in Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district. Bashant Rai is about 2.6 km away. Godda is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harganman (under 2 km), Arazi Majar Buzurg (under 2 km) and Arazi Pakariya (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kapeta today is likely to be higher.

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