# Kelai Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Kelai

Kelai is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **520 people in 99 households**, the 108th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 29.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 520people (2011)
- 99households
- 29.6%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kelai

Of every 100 households in Kelai in 2011, 19 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kelai · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**67%

Use banking services ****58%**

**43%

Television ****1%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kelai?

■ Kelai · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****29.6%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**908

Working population ****44.0%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.0% for men and 19.2% for women. 53% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (41%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 104 (45%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Anandapur545 people
- Gopalpur538 people
- Sagarya526 people
- Mallikdihi523 people
- Kalipur518 people
- Bayer Mara516 people
- Arbat514 people
- Kot Madan Mohanpur512 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kelai?520 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kelai in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kelai?29.6% (Census 2011)