About Metyal Village

Metyal is a mid sized village in Sampgaon tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 897, made up of 461 males and 436 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metyal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Sampgaon
Pincode	591115
Area (hectares)	340.32 hectares
Population	897
Male Population	461
Female Population	436
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Metyal compares

By the 2011 count Metyal is the 115th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,515 residents. Its 340.32 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 981.

Getting to Metyal

Metyal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Metyal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Metyal from other places

Metyal lies about 45 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Kambarganvi, about 18 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 Metyal
Nearest railway station	Kambarganvi	18 km
Nearest town	Bail-Hongal	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sampgaon	22 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	45 km

Villages closest to Metyal

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

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Common questions about Metyal

As per the Census of India 2011, Metyal village had a population of 897. That makes it the 115th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,515 residents.

Metyal village has 461 males and 436 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metyal has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Metyal is 591115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metyal covers 340.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Metyal falls under Sampgaon tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Metyal is Kambarganvi, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Metyal.

Metyal is about 45 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Metyal is in Sampgaon tehsil of Belgaum district. Kambarganvi is about 18 km away. Bail-Hongal is about 22 km away. Sampgaon is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.