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About Metalkonda Village

Metalkonda is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 41 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,220 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metalkonda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metalkonda village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Ranishwar
Pincode 814148
Area (hectares) 62 hectares
Population 91
Male Population 41
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,220
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Metalkonda compares

By the 2011 count Metalkonda is the 171st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 62 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1010.

Getting to Metalkonda

Metalkonda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Metalkonda as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Mahulpur, Makarkonda, Manikdih and Masanjor. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Metalkonda

As per the Census of India 2011, Metalkonda village had a population of 91. That makes it the 171st largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Metalkonda village has 41 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metalkonda has about 1220 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Metalkonda is 814148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metalkonda covers 62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Metalkonda falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Metalkonda notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Metalkonda is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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