# Kelan Village, Chhatargarh, Bikaner (Rajasthan) – PIN Code

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Village · Chhatargarh, Bikaner 

# Kelan

Kelan is a village in Chhatargarh sub-district of Bikaner district, Rajasthan, PIN code **334001**. The 2011 Census counted **5,074 people in 917 households**, the 3rd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 30.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.4%.

- 5,074people (2011)
- 917households
- 30.8%literacy
- 334001PIN code

## Kelan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kelan is 334001.** Kelan falls in Chhatargarh sub-district, Bikaner district, Rajasthan.

- PIN code334001
- Community development blockLunkaransar
- Census village code069833

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kelan from nearby towns?

- Chhatargarh (sub-district HQ)45 km by road
- Bikaner (district HQ)58 km by road
- Bikaner (nearest town)58 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kelan?

30 services counted by the Census are inside Kelan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 4 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Chhatargarh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhatargarh
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kelan known for?

The main crops are **guar, moth and bajara**. About 8% of the 13,634 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kelan

Of every 100 households in Kelan in 2011, 10 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kelan · ■ Chhatargarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****16%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****95%**

**75%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kelan?

■ Kelan · ■ Chhatargarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****30.8%**

**52.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**906

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**922

Working population ****51.9%**

**51.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.6% for men and 20.5% for women. 58% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,326 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 208 (8%) · **■** Household industry 10 (0%) · **■** Other work 750 (28%) · **■** Marginal 341 (13%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chhatargarh

- Chhataragarh9,761 people
- Satasar5,594 people
- Rajasar Bhatiyan4,827 people
- Mahadeowali2,936 people
- Moti Garh2,706 people
- 1 Dlsm2,411 people

[All 65 villages in Chhatargarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/bikaner/chhatargarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kelan?334001
- How far is Kelan from Bikaner?58 km by road
- What is the population of Kelan?5,074 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kelan in?Bikaner district (Chhatargarh sub-district), Rajasthan
- What is the literacy rate of Kelan?30.8% (Census 2011)
