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About Metepar Village

Metepar is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,203, made up of 601 males and 602 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metepar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metepar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 496665
Area (hectares) 460.28 hectares
Population 1,203
Male Population 601
Female Population 602
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Metepar compares

By the 2011 count Metepar is the 35th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 460.28 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Metepar

Metepar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Metepar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Metepar from other places

Metepar lies about 49 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 33 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 Metepar
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 12 km
Nearest railway station Paniajob 33 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 36 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 49 km

Villages closest to Metepar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Metepar village had a population of 1,203. That makes it the 35th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Metepar village has 601 males and 602 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metepar has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Metepar is 496665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metepar covers 460.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Metepar falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Metepar is Paniajob, about 33 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 village for Metepar.

Metepar is about 49 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Metepar is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 12 km away. Paniajob is about 33 km away. Dongargarh is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masul (2.3 km), Masuljob (2.3 km) and Masulkasa (2.3 km).

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

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