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Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
CD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHINMAY DAS
Contact: 76****7875
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- LGD code
- 322354
- Pincode
- 741222
- Post office
- Chakdah
- Population
- 1,620
- Households
- 362
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Sex ratio
- 938 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 588
Census 2011 · in context
How Khalsi compares
By population, Khalsi ranks #51 of 83 villages in Haringhata mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.5%
−5.8% vs mandal average
- Khalsi
- 67.5%
- Haringhata mandal
- 73.3%
- Nadia district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
938
−8 vs mandal average
- Khalsi
- 938
- Haringhata mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Khalsi
- 4.5
- Haringhata mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khalsi at a glance
Khalsi is a village of 1,620 people in 362 households (Census 2011) in Haringhata block, Nadia district, West Bengal, the 51st-largest of 83 villages in Haringhata block. Literacy is 68%, 6 points below the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 741222, served by Chakdah post office; the LGD village code is 322354. The sarpanch is CHINMAY DAS, and the village votes in Ashoknagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Sumay Hira. The population is estimated at 1,910 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kastodanga-Ii →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khalsi · this village | 1,620 | 68% | — |
| Subuddipur · Haringhata | 6,051 | 76% | — |
| Uttar Brahma Pur · Haringhata | 5,371 | 73% | — |
| Sat Simulia · Haringhata | 3,091 | 75% | — |
| Rustam Nagar · Haringhata | 2,389 | 67% | — |
| Hazra Pota · Haringhata | 1,166 | 68% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khalsi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 230.06
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 63
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khalsi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khalsi
- LGD code
- 322354
- Pincode
- 741222
- Post office
- Chakdah
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,620
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,910
- Households
- 362
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 938
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Barasat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ashoknagar
- Member of Parliament
- Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Sumay Hira
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHINMAY DAS
- Block / Mandal
- Haringhata
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 741222
Same name, different place
Other villages named Khalsi
Looking for a different Khalsi? 7 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Khalsi →
- KhalsiRaiganj · Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal2,614 pop
- KhalsiSwarupnagar · North 24 Parganas, West Bengal2,007 pop
- KhalsiTapan · Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal1,842 pop
- KhalsiChinyali Saur · Uttar Kashi, Uttarakhand1,731 pop
- KhalsiMandawa · Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan1,017 pop
- KhalsiSantipur · Nadia, West Bengal782 pop
- KhalsiKaliganj · Nadia, West Bengal715 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Khalsi
Other villages in Haringhata mandal
View all 60+ →- Ukrah
- Sekandarpur
- Kathdanga
- Subuddipur
- Mollabalia
- Uttar Datta Para
- Dighalgram
- Uttar Brahma Pur
- Fatepur
- Goaldob
- Chandirampur
- Narayanpur
- Ganguria
- Barasat
- Singa
- Birohi
- Chanda
- Balindi
- Dasdia
- Ayespur
- Jhikra
- Sat Simulia
- Mitrapur
- Baksha
- Jalkar Bhomra
- Behara
- Kurambelia
- Uttar Rajapur
- Baikara
- Sonakhali
- Hapania
- Panpur
- Rustam Nagar
- Jaguli
- Madhpur
- Hari Puknaria
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)