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About Metral Village

Metral is a large village in Morwa tehsil, in the district of Panch Mahals, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,101, made up of 1,594 males and 1,507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 739.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metral village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Panch Mahals
Tehsil Morwa
Pincode 389110
Area (hectares) 739.27 hectares
Population 3,101
Male Population 1,594
Female Population 1,507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Metral compares

By the 2011 count Metral is the 26th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,665 residents. Its 739.27 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Metral

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

Metral lies about 25 km from Panch Mahals, and the nearest railway station is Piplod, about 30 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 Metral
Tehsil headquarters Morwa 18 km
District headquarters Panch Mahals 25 km
Nearest railway station Piplod 30 km

Villages closest to Metral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Metral village had a population of 3,101. That makes it the 26th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,665 residents.

Metral village has 1,594 males and 1,507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metral has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Metral is 389110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metral covers 739.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Metral falls under Morwa tehsil of Panch Mahals district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Metral is Piplod, about 30 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Metral.

Metral is about 25 km from Panch Mahals in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Metral is in Morwa tehsil of Panch Mahals district. Morwa is about 18 km away. Panch Mahals is about 25 km away. Piplod is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhatha (under 2 km), Alu (1.7 km) and Balukhedi (1.7 km).

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

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