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Kalai Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kalai is a medium size village located in Panskura Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 377 families residing. The Kalai village has population of 1532 of which 795 are males while 737 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalai village population of children with age 0-6 is 199 which makes up 12.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalai village is 927 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalai as per census is 913, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kalai village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalai village was 83.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kalai Male literacy stands at 90.01 % while female literacy rate was 76.32 %.

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

Kalai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 377 - -
Population 1,532 795 737
Child (0-6) 199 104 95
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.42 % 90.01 % 76.32 %
Total Workers 926 495 431
Main Worker 334 - -
Marginal Worker 592 198 394

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kalai village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Kalai village out of total population, 926 were engaged in work activities. 36.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 926 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 82 were Agricultural labourer.