| Polay Kalan | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Madhya Pradesh#India3 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 23.2117°N 76.5522°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Madhya Pradesh |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shajapur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.17 |
| Population Total: | 12268 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 465116 |
| Iso Code: | IN-MP |
| Registration Plate: | MP-42 |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Polay Kalan is a town, near Shajapur city and a Nagar Panchayat and Tehsil in Shajapur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
As of the 2011 Census of India,[1] Polay Kalan had a population of 12,268. Males constitute 51.91% of the population and females 48.09%. Polay Kalan has an average literacy rate of 68.54%, lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 78.89%, and female literacy is 57.36%. In Polay Kalan, 13.17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Malvi is the local dialect predominantly used in this town. In term of political Support Polay Kalan has been a hub for BJP/RSS.
Polay kalan is becoming a commercial hub for nearby villages. It serves more than 30,000 population market. It host a good market shops for electrical appliances, construction materials, general stores, fruits and vegetable, restaurants etcs. SBI and Narmada Jhabua banks also provides banking services here. It also has 3 patrol pumps and one mandi for Pyaj and lehsun.
Polay Kalan is seeing sudden rise of the privatization of school. It has around 3-4 good quality English schools along with some Hindi medium Private and Govt Schools. It has one Govt college Shree Shalagriram Ji Tomar Mahavidhyalay which provides bachelor's degree in BA and is affiliated with Vikram University.