# Metelsair Village, Kotulpur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Metelsair

Metelsair is a village in Kotulpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **311 people in 68 households**, the 129th largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 311people (2011)
- 68households
- 86.8%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metelsair

Of every 100 households in Metelsair in 2011, 96 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Metelsair · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**81%

Use banking services ****96%**

**65%

Television ****57%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**11%

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 Metelsair?

■ Metelsair · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**969

Working population ****40.2%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 78.5% for women. 60% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (28%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 22 (18%) · **■** Marginal 10 (8%)

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 Kotulpur

- Kankara318 people
- Chandi Pur316 people
- Shimdal316 people
- Dehuabani315 people
- Setai Pushkarini311 people
- Bramhanairi310 people
- Rampur304 people
- Jemo286 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metelsair?311 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metelsair in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metelsair?86.8% (Census 2011)