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About Metapal Village

Metapal is a large village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,435, made up of 2,187 males and 2,248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4637.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metapal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494449
Area (hectares) 4637.62 hectares
Population 4,435
Male Population 2,187
Female Population 2,248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Metapal compares

By the 2011 count Metapal is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 4637.62 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Metapal

Metapal is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Metapal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Metapal from other places

Metapal lies about 19 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kawargaon, about 4.3 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 Metapal
Nearest railway station Kawargaon 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 19 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 19 km
Nearest town Bacheli 34 km

Villages closest to Metapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Metapal village had a population of 4,435. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Metapal village has 2,187 males and 2,248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metapal has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Metapal is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metapal covers 4637.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Metapal falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Metapal is Kawargaon, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Metapal is about 19 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Metapal is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kawargaon is about 4.3 km away. Dantewada is about 19 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kawadgaon (4.3 km), Mendoli (4.4 km) and Jaram (5.1 km).

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

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