# Kelai Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Kelai

Kelai is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,579 people in 867 households**, the 21st largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 3,579people (2011)
- 867households
- 62.5%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kelai

Of every 100 households in Kelai in 2011, 17 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kelai · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****15%**

**27%

Television ****6%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****52%**

**53%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**63.6%

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

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1066**

**960

Working population ****30.7%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.6% for men and 58.3% for women. 55% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 174 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 475 (43%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (4%) · **■** Marginal 387 (35%)

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 Khargram

- Sadal3,721 people
- Uttar Gopinathpur3,701 people
- Margram3,689 people
- Surkhali3,627 people
- Atai3,532 people
- Joypur3,249 people
- Kanduri3,215 people
- Sabaldaha3,128 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kelai?3,579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kelai in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kelai?62.5% (Census 2011)