# Kelahi Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Kelahi

Kelahi is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,541 people in 288 households**, the 40th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,541people (2011)
- 288households
- 67.4%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kelahi

Of every 100 households in Kelahi in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kelahi · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**79%

Use banking services ****89%**

**47%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Kelahi?

■ Kelahi · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1102**

**968

Working population ****36.6%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 52.7% for women. 55% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (10%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 61 (11%) · **■** Marginal 375 (66%)

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 Para

- Tadgram1,709 people
- Patpur1,557 people
- Bagalmari1,552 people
- Parbahal1,542 people
- Ketlapur Alias Nutandi1,533 people
- Kaluhar1,498 people
- Baishyakuli1,490 people
- Pabra1,478 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kelahi?1,541 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kelahi in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kelahi?67.4% (Census 2011)