Khelari
Khelari (also spelled Khalari) is a census town in the Khelari 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. Location. Khelari is located at . Area overview. The map alongside shows a part of the 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, Rahe, Sonahatu and 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, originates near 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.A major part of the North Karanpura Area and some fringe areas of the Piparwar Area of the Central Coalfields Limited, both located in the North Karanpura Coalfield , are in Ranchi district.There has been extensive industrial activity in Ranchi district, since independence.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>. 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). Infrastructure. According to the "District Census Handbook 2011, Ranchi", Khelari covered an area of 16.66 km. 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. Civic administration. Police station. There is a police station at Khelari. CD block HQ. The headquarters of Khelari CD block are located at Khelari town. 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. Transport. State Highway 7 (Hazaribagh-Tandwa-Bijupada) passes through Khelari. There are stations at Ray and Khelari on the Barkakana-Son Nagar line. 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, Daltonganj, Dhanbad etc. Education. Uttari Karnpura Shramik Mahavidyalaya was established at Dakra in 1990. 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. 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 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. 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.