About Metawada Village

Metawada is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 672, made up of 323 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metawada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metawada village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494221
Area (hectares)	290.68 hectares
Population	672
Male Population	323
Female Population	349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Metawada compares

By the 2011 count Metawada is the 81st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 290.68 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Metawada

Metawada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Metawada as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Metawada from other places

Metawada lies about 12 km from Bastar. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Metawada
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	12 km
District headquarters	Bastar	12 km

Villages closest to Metawada

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bakavand tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Metawada

As per the Census of India 2011, Metawada village had a population of 672. That makes it the 81st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Metawada village has 323 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metawada has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Metawada is 494221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metawada covers 290.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Metawada falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Metawada notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Metawada.

Metawada is about 12 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Metawada is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Jagdalpur is about 6.9 km away. Bakavand is about 12 km away. Bastar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.