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Kelai Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Kelai is a large village located in Khargram Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 867 families residing. The Kelai village has population of 3579 of which 1803 are males while 1776 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kelai village population of children with age 0-6 is 531 which makes up 14.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kelai village is 985 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kelai as per census is 1066, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kelai village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kelai village was 62.47 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kelai Male literacy stands at 66.56 % while female literacy rate was 58.26 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kelai village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kelai village.

Kelai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 867 - -
Population 3,579 1,803 1,776
Child (0-6) 531 257 274
Schedule Caste 264 133 131
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.47 % 66.56 % 58.26 %
Total Workers 1,097 984 113
Main Worker 710 - -
Marginal Worker 387 304 83

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.38 % of total population in Kelai village. The village Kelai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kelai village out of total population, 1097 were engaged in work activities. 64.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1097 workers engaged in Main Work, 174 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 475 were Agricultural labourer.