# Kelna Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kelna

Kelna is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **501 people in 121 households**, the 96th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 501people (2011)
- 121households
- 45.6%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kelna

Of every 100 households in Kelna in 2011, 26 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kelna · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****42%**

**32%

Television ****5%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Kelna?

■ Kelna · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**972

Working population ****61.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.9% for men and 37.4% for women. 62% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (31%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 119 (39%)

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 Bansihari

- Bighva527 people
- Uttar Lakshmipur524 people
- Uttar Daulatpur511 people
- Suripukur505 people
- Bhingaldaha489 people
- Selimabad482 people
- Chaugharia471 people
- Krishnabati470 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kelna?501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kelna in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kelna?45.6% (Census 2011)