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About Metral Village

Metral is a small village in Khedbrahma tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 153, made up of 82 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 714.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383270, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metral village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Sabar Kantha
Tehsil Khedbrahma
Pincode 383270
Area (hectares) 714.74 hectares
Population 153
Male Population 82
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Metral compares

By the 2011 count Metral is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,047 residents. Its 714.74 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Metral from other places

Metral lies about 12 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Khed Brahma, about 7.0 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
Nearest railway station Khed Brahma 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Khedbrahma 7.5 km
District headquarters Sabar Kantha 12 km

Villages closest to Metral

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khedbrahma 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 153. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,047 residents.

Metral village has 82 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metral has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Metral is 383270. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metral covers 714.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Metral falls under Khedbrahma tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Metral is Khed Brahma, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Metral.

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

Metral is in Khedbrahma tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Khed Brahma is about 7.0 km away. Khedbrahma is about 7.5 km away. Sabar Kantha is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Champalpur (2.3 km), Delvada (3.1 km) and Rudramala (3.1 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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