# Metegram Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Metegram

Metegram is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,203 people in 288 households**, the 48th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 1,203people (2011)
- 288households
- 49.8%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metegram

Of every 100 households in Metegram in 2011, 33 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Metegram · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****28%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**77%

Use banking services ****26%**

**51%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Metegram?

■ Metegram · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.8%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1117**

**980

Working population ****60.9%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.6% for men and 43.6% for women. 64% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 368 (50%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (5%) · **■** Marginal 293 (40%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Palashban1,268 people
- Khoshbaspur1,261 people
- Panditpur1,221 people
- Kamalpur1,205 people
- Jharia Mahammadpur1,176 people
- Rautara1,171 people
- Rupsimuli1,162 people
- Uttar Daha1,151 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metegram?1,203 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metegram in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metegram?49.8% (Census 2011)