# Metela Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Metela

Metela is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **864 people in 176 households**, the 73rd largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 864people (2011)
- 176households
- 60.0%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metela

Of every 100 households in Metela in 2011, 29 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Metela · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**87%

Tap water ****68%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****68%**

**68%

Television ****13%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Metela?

■ Metela · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**954

Working population ****45.1%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 41.6% for women. 52% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (12%) · **■** Household industry 33 (8%) · **■** Other work 32 (8%) · **■** Marginal 244 (63%)

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 Chhatna

- Shuara Bakra898 people
- Ramnathpur879 people
- Gopinathpur874 people
- Hans Pahari870 people
- Kulyara862 people
- Jirra Kelai856 people
- Bijpur853 people
- Jamtara849 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metela?864 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metela in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metela?60.0% (Census 2011)