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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Khelari
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| settlement_type = [[Census Town]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.6501|N|84.9918|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ranchi district|Ranchi]]
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| government_type = [[Federalism in India|Federal democracy]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 16.66
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| population_total = 20,010
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages*
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 829205
| area_code_type = Telephone/ [[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD code]]
| area_code = 06531
| registration_plate = JH 1
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 = 75.58%
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Ranchi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ranchi]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Kanke (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanke]]
| website = {{URL|ranchi.nic.in/}}
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'''Khelari''' (also spelled Khalari) is a [[census town]] in the [[Khelari block|Khelari]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Ranchi Sadar subdivision]] of the [[Ranchi district]] in the Indian State of [[Jharkhand]]. It is an area rich in coal.

==Geography==
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===Location===
Khelari is located at {{coord|23.6501|N|84.9918|E|display=inline}}.

===Area overview===
The map alongside shows a part of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau|Ranchi plateau]], most of it at an average elevation of 2,140 feet above sea level. Only a small part in the north-eastern part of the district is the lower Ranchi plateau, spread over [[Silli block|Silli]], [[Rahe block|Rahe]], [[Sonahatu block|Sonahatu]] and [[Tamar block|Tamar]] CD blocks, at an elevation of 500 to 1,000 feet above sea level. There is a 16 km long ridge south-west of Ranchi. There are isolated hills in the central plateau. The principal river of the district, the [[Subarnarekha River|Subarnarekha]], originates near [[Ratu, Ranchi|Ratu]], flows in an easterly direction and descends from the plateau, with a drop of about 300 feet at [[Hundru Falls]]. Subarnarekha and other important rivers are marked on the map. The forested area is shaded in the map.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2019_PART_A_DCHB_RANCHI.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Pages 10-11: Physiography, Drainage |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 19 September 2021}}</ref>A major part of the [[North Karanpura Area]] and some fringe areas of the [[Piparwar Area]] of the [[Central Coalfields|Central Coalfields Limited]], both located in the [[North Karanpura Coalfield]], are in Ranchi district.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.centralcoalfields.in/areas/nrkpra.php | title= Central Coalfields Limited| work= Areas – North Karanpura |publisher= CCL| accessdate = 19 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.centralcoalfields.in/areas/pprwr.php| title= Central Coalfields Limited| work= Areas – Piparwar |publisher= CCL| accessdate = 19 September 2021}}</ref>There has been extensive industrial activity in Ranchi district, since independence.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2019_PART_A_DCHB_RANCHI.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Page 14: Industry |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 19 September 2021}}</ref>Ranchi district is the first in the state in terms of population. 8.83% of the total population of the state lives in this district - 56.9% is rural population and 43.1% is urban population.</ref>.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2019_PART_A_DCHB_RANCHI.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Pages 10-11: Physiography, Drainage |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 19 September 2021}}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Khelari had a total population of 20,010, of which 10,351 (52%) were males and 9,659 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 2,750. The total number of literate persons in Khelari was 13,045 (75.58% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2019_PART_B_DCHB_RANCHI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Ranchi , Series 21, Part XII B| work= Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 373461, page 28-29|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 11 September 2021}}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Khelari had a population of 18,699. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Khelari has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 49%. In Khelari, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

* For language details see [[Khelari block#Language and religion]]

==Infrastructure==
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Ranchi'', Khelari covered an area of 16.66 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 23 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 2,801 domestic electric connections, 24 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 2 dispensaries, 2 health centres, 1 family welfare centre, 30 maternity and child welfare centres, 30 maternity homes, 1 nursing home, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 6 primary schools, 5 middle schools, 5 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at [[Dakra]]. It had 1 non-formal educational centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 stadium, 1 cinema theatre, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 2 public libraries, 1 reading room. Two important commodities it produced were cement and coal. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2019_PART_A_DCHB_RANCHI.pdf | title = District Census Handbook Ranchi, Census of India 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work= Pages 675-681| publisher = Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand |access-date = 10 September 2021}}</ref>

==Civic administration==
===Police station===
There is a police station at Khelari.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/ranchi| title= District Police Profile - Ranchi |publisher= Jharkhand Police| access-date = 11 September 2021}}</ref>

===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of Khelari CD block are located at Khelari town.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2019_PART_A_DCHB_RANCHI.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Map of Ranchi district on the third page |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 11 September 2021}}</ref>

==Economy==
The projects of the [[North Karanpura Area]] of [[Central Coalfields]] in [[North Karanpura Coalfield]] are: Churi underground, Dakra Bukbuka opencast, K.D.H. opencast, Karkatta opencast, Rohini opencast, Purnadih opencast.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.centralcoalfields.in/areas/nrkpra.php | title= Central Coalfields Limited| work= Areas – North Karanpura |publisher= CCL| accessdate = 27 December 2020}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[State Highway 7 (Jharkhand)|State Highway 7]] (Hazaribagh-Tandwa-Bijupada) passes through Khelari.<ref>Google maps</ref>

There are stations at Ray and Khelari on the [[Barkakana-Son Nagar line]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/barkakana-varanasi-passenger-53361/8618/1736/334 | title =53361 Barkakana-Varanasi Passenger | work= Time Table | publisher = IndiaRailInfo | access-date = 11 September 2021}}</ref>

Khelari has a beautiful railway station which has important value for the people of Khelari and nearby area as many trains such as Palamou Express and Shaktipunj Express stop here. Khelari is very well connected with [[Delhi]], [[Ranchi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Dhanbad]], [[Asansol]], [[Daltonganj]] etc.

==Education==
Uttari Karnpura Shramik Mahavidyalaya was established at [[Dakra, Ranchi|Dakra]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uksmdakra.org/ | title = Uttari Karnpura Shramik Mahavidyalaya | publisher = UKSM | access-date = 7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.shiksha.com/college/uttri-karanpura-sharamik-mahavidyalay-ranchi-104859| title = Uttar Karanpur Shramik Mahavidyalaya | publisher = Shiksha | access-date = 7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ranchiuniversity.ac.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123&Itemid=307 | title = Affiliated Colleges | publisher = Ranchi University | access-date = 9 September 2021}}</ref>

Janta High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1956 at Khelari. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. It has a playground and a library with 1,647 books. <ref>{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/ranchi/20142400505/janta-+2-high-school-khelari.html | title = Janta (+2) High School Khelari | publisher = Schools.org | access-date = 7 September 2021}}</ref>

Ursuline Convent is an English-medium coeducational established in 1980 at Khelari. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII. It has a playground, a library with 4,445 books, and has 90 computers for teaching and learning purposes <ref>{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/ranchi/20142400509/ursuline-convent-school-khelari.html | title = Ursuline Convent School Khelari | publisher = Schools.org | access-date = 11 September 2021}}</ref>

Adarsh Middle and High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1982 at Khelari. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X. It has a playground, a library with 2,300 books, and has 12 computers for teaching and learning purposes.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/ranchi/20142400503/adarsh-middle-&-high-school-khelari.html | title = Adarsh Middle & High School Khelari | publisher = Schools.org | access-date = 11 September 2021}}</ref>

St. Mother High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 2000 at Khelari. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X. It has a playground and has a computer for teaching and learning purposes.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/ranchi/20142400512/st-mother-high-school-khelari.html | title = St. Mother High School Khelari | publisher = Schools.org | access-date = 11 September 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{South Chotanagpur Division}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Ranchi district]]

{{Jharkhand-geo-stub}}

Khelari - Revision history

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