Khelari is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district, Jharkhand state, India.

Khelari CD block is located on the Ranchi plateau proper.

It has an average elevation of 2,140 feet (650 m) above mean sea level and the land is undulating.

[8] According to the 2011 Census of India, Khelari CD block had a total population of 78,219, of which 21,869 were rural and 58,350 were urban.

[6] The percentage of Scheduled Tribes in Ranchi district, in 2011, was 47.67% of the population (rural) in the blocks.

Other tribes included (percentage of population in brackets) Lohra (2.46), Bedia (1.32) and Mahli (1.09).

[6] The only large village (with 4,000+ population) in Khelari CD block is (2011 census figures in brackets): Tumang (4,678).

The hill streams remain almost dry, except in the rainy season, and does not offer much scope for irrigation.

[23] The projects of the North Karanpura Area of Central Coalfields Ltd. are: Churi underground, Dakra Bukbuka opencast, K.D.H.

[24] It is located in Ranchi district and is part of North Karanpura Coalfield.

The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.

*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand Uttari Karnpura Shramik Mahavidyalaya was established at Dakra in 1990.