# Jirra Kelai Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Jirra Kelai

Jirra Kelai is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **856 people in 151 households**, the 75th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 856people (2011)
- 151households
- 50.3%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jirra Kelai

Of every 100 households in Jirra Kelai in 2011, 12 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jirra Kelai · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**87%

Tap water ****32%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**80%

Use banking services ****99%**

**68%

Television ****11%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****8%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Jirra Kelai?

■ Jirra Kelai · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****729**

**954

Working population ****81.1%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.3% for men and 43.3% for women. 80% of men and 83% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 124 (18%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (2%) · **■** Marginal 499 (72%)

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 Chhatna

- Gopinathpur874 people
- Hans Pahari870 people
- Metela864 people
- Kulyara862 people
- Bijpur853 people
- Jamtara849 people
- Jamthol848 people
- Bishkodar839 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jirra Kelai?856 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jirra Kelai in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jirra Kelai?50.3% (Census 2011)