# Metali Village, Dharchula, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Dharchula, Pithoragarh 

# Metali

Metali is a village in Dharchula sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,761 people in 343 households**, the 9th largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,761people (2011)
- 343households
- 67.8%literacy
- 1,074females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metali

Of every 100 households in Metali in 2011, 34 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Metali · ■ Dharchula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**65%

Tap water ****93%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**68%

Use banking services ****96%**

**83%

Television ****13%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****64%**

**47%

Own their home ****96%**

**89%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Metali?

■ Metali · ■ Dharchula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1074**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**911

Working population ****50.8%**

**54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 52.4% for women. 46% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 490 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 80 (9%) · **■** Marginal 323 (36%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Dharchula

- Kalika2,881 people
- Galati2,236 people
- Payya Pauri1,806 people
- Khela1,764 people
- Toli1,701 people
- Duti Bagad1,599 people
- Jarajibli1,335 people
- Kanar1,304 people

[All 82 villages in Dharchula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/dharchula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metali?1,761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metali in?Pithoragarh district (Dharchula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Metali?67.8% (Census 2011)