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Kelahi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kelahi is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 288 families residing. The Kelahi village has population of 1541 of which 792 are males while 749 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kelahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 227 which makes up 14.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kelahi village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kelahi as per census is 1102, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kelahi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kelahi village was 67.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kelahi Male literacy stands at 80.99 % while female literacy rate was 52.70 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kelahi 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 Kelahi village.

Kelahi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 288 - -
Population 1,541 792 749
Child (0-6) 227 108 119
Schedule Caste 535 276 259
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.43 % 80.99 % 52.70 %
Total Workers 564 436 128
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 375 265 110

Caste Factor

Kelahi village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.72 % of total population in Kelahi village. The village Kelahi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kelahi village out of total population, 564 were engaged in work activities. 33.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 564 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.