# Upalai Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Upalai

Upalai is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,058 people in 259 households**, the 90th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,058people (2011)
- 259households
- 88.8%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Upalai

Of every 100 households in Upalai in 2011, 70 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Upalai · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**27%

Television ****26%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****41%**

**53%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Upalai?

■ Upalai · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.8%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**960

Working population ****32.2%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 82.8% for women. 58% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 197 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (21%) · **■** Other work 17 (5%) · **■** Marginal 56 (16%)

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

- Sripur1,125 people
- Gophul1,090 people
- Jamuni1,088 people
- Bautipara1,086 people
- Chandibati1,052 people
- Pilsima1,052 people
- Naldipi980 people
- Mirhati962 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Upalai?1,058 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upalai in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Upalai?88.8% (Census 2011)