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About Metupalli Village

Metupalli is a small village in Bhopalpattnam tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 291, made up of 134 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,172 females per 1000 males. The village covers 878.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metupalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metupalli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bijapur
Tehsil Bhopalpattnam
Pincode 491221
Area (hectares) 878.47 hectares
Population 291
Male Population 134
Female Population 157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,172
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Metupalli compares

By the 2011 count Metupalli is the 50th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 337 residents. Its 878.47 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Metupalli

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

How far is Metupalli from other places

Metupalli lies about 22 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 65 km away. 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 Metupalli
Tehsil headquarters Bhopalpattnam 22 km
District headquarters Bijapur 22 km
Nearest railway station Bacheli 65 km

Villages closest to Metupalli

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

Common questions about Metupalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Metupalli village had a population of 291. That makes it the 50th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 337 residents.

Metupalli village has 134 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metupalli has about 1172 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Metupalli is 491221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metupalli covers 878.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Metupalli falls under Bhopalpattnam tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Metupalli is Bacheli, about 65 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Metupalli.

Metupalli is about 22 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Metupalli is in Bhopalpattnam tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhopalpattnam is about 22 km away. Bijapur is about 22 km away. Bacheli is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pamgal (2.8 km), Kongupalli (3.0 km) and Komatpalli (4.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Metupalli today is likely to be higher.

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