The invention relates to a capacitance-grid remote counter reading device which comprises a multistage counting wheel and sensor devices for detecting rotating angles of the counting wheels, wherein the multistage counting wheel is driven by a gear group; the sensor devices correspond to the counting wheel at each stage or an appointed stage; the sensor devices are circular capacitance-grid sensors with absolute measurement functions, and each circular capacitance-grid sensor is connected to a dedicated large-scale integrated circuit by a corresponding conversion switch; and the capacitance-grid sensors can adopt a double-piece reflection type structure or a three-piece transmission type structure. The multistage counting wheel can be designed into a continuous rotating form, and the counter reading device is suitable for reading data of a pointer type water meter; and the multistage counting wheel can be also designed into an interval rotating form so as to be conveniently installed in counting devices, such as water meters, electric meters, gas meters, and the like. The invention has simple structure, accurate counting as well as low cost and is suitable for generalization.