# Metedanga Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Metedanga

Metedanga is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,865 people in 436 households**, the 30th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,865people (2011)
- 436households
- 64.8%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metedanga

Of every 100 households in Metedanga in 2011, 36 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Metedanga · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**56%

Tap water ****6%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**36%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**81%

Use banking services ****46%**

**70%

Television ****17%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Metedanga?

■ Metedanga · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****797**

**960

Working population ****45.6%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 59.8% for women. 62% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 108 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 333 (39%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 54 (6%) · **■** Marginal 351 (41%)

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 Khandaghosh

- Kantapukur2,079 people
- Amral2,070 people
- Keudia1,982 people
- Huria1,980 people
- Rupsa1,835 people
- Bara Gopinathpur1,774 people
- Kalna1,759 people
- Khantikar1,757 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metedanga?1,865 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metedanga in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metedanga?64.8% (Census 2011)