About Metyala Village

Metyala is a mid sized village in Chhatna tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 501, made up of 259 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metyala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metyala village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Tehsil	Chhatna
Pincode	722142
Area (hectares)	118.62 hectares
Population	501
Male Population	259
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Metyala compares

By the 2011 count Metyala is the 147th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 685 residents. Its 118.62 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 972.

Getting to Metyala

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

Metyala lies about 42 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Metyal Sahar, about under 2 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 Metyala
Nearest railway station	Metyal Sahar	under 2 km
Nearest town	Adra	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhatna	29 km
District headquarters	Bankura	42 km

Villages closest to Metyala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Metyala village had a population of 501. That makes it the 147th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 685 residents.

Metyala village has 259 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metyala has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Metyala is 722142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metyala covers 118.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Metyala falls under Chhatna tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Metyala is Metyal Sahar, about under 2 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 Metyala.

Metyala is about 42 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Metyala is in Chhatna tehsil of Bankura district. Metyal Sahar is about under 2 km away. Adra is about 8.0 km away. Chhatna is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.