Kelai
Khargram block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 731241
· village code 315070
Population 2011
3,579
Census of India
Population 2020
4,510
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.0%
931 people · 2.6% a year
Households
536
-38.2% vs 867 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,579
Male / female
1,803 / 1,776
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
985
Children aged 0–6
531
Literacy rate
53.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
264 / 0
Working population
1,097
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.8%
Households
867
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
196
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
512
Non-farm households
23
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
103 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
103 / 52 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhilli panchayat, Khargram zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹22.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.05 crore
Received directly
₹10.00 lakh
Spent
₹85.45 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹52.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.77 lakh · received ₹33.35 lakh · spent ₹35.19 lakh · left ₹25.93 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.02 lakh · received ₹72.13 lakh · spent ₹50.25 lakh · left ₹26.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1802, 87.9706 —
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