# Metiagachi Village, Habra - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Habra - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Metiagachi

Metiagachi is a village in Habra - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,212 people in 301 households**, the 50th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 1,212people (2011)
- 301households
- 76.7%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metiagachi

Of every 100 households in Metiagachi in 2011, 15 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Metiagachi · ■ Habra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**13%

Tap water ****21%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**88%

Use banking services ****9%**

**42%

Television ****4%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Metiagachi?

■ Metiagachi · ■ Habra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**943

Working population ****33.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 72.2% for women. 61% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 226 (55%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 67 (16%) · **■** Marginal 27 (7%)

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 Habra - I

- Dhap Dhara1,602 people
- Mallickpur1,509 people
- Kola1,421 people
- Boyerghata1,362 people
- Hirapol1,173 people
- Jashur1,151 people
- Baugachhi1,137 people
- Chakkultala1,133 people

[All 55 villages in Habra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/habra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metiagachi?1,212 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metiagachi in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Habra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metiagachi?76.7% (Census 2011)