# Metiari Village, Sonarpur – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Metiari

Metiari is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,674 people in 380 households**, the 45th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,674people (2011)
- 380households
- 78.2%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metiari

Of every 100 households in Metiari in 2011, 73 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Metiari · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**18%

Tap water ****100%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**73%

Use banking services ****44%**

**52%

Television ****50%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

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

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 Metiari?

■ Metiari · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**79.3%

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

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**969

Working population ****35.4%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 72.2% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (7%) · **■** Household industry 72 (12%) · **■** Other work 338 (57%) · **■** Marginal 99 (17%)

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 Sonarpur

- Makrampur1,810 people
- Garal1,747 people
- Kantipota1,718 people
- Nabhasan1,712 people
- Jagadishpur1,660 people
- Dingelpota1,614 people
- Chak Kolarkhal1,513 people
- Jardaha1,457 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metiari?1,674 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metiari in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metiari?78.2% (Census 2011)