# Metal Village, Salbani, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur 

# Metal

Metal is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **453 people in 90 households**, the 153rd largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 453people (2011)
- 90households
- 82.1%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metal

Of every 100 households in Metal in 2011, 72 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Metal · ■ Salbani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**16%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****90%**

**52%

Television ****28%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Metal?

■ Metal · ■ Salbani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.1%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**991

Working population ****39.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 74.9% for women. 57% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 57 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (59%) · **■** Other work 16 (9%)

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 Salbani

- Baragada465 people
- Kanyabali464 people
- Ramchandrapur463 people
- Damakata461 people
- Chhota Sijua451 people
- Dhachati439 people
- Jamdargar435 people
- Tildanga434 people

[All 528 villages in Salbani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/salbani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metal?453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metal?82.1% (Census 2011)