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About Metyal Sahar Village

Metyal Sahar is a mid sized village in Raghunathpur I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,709, made up of 892 males and 817 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metyal Sahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metyal Sahar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Raghunathpur I
Pincode 723121
Area (hectares) 531.36 hectares
Population 1,709
Male Population 892
Female Population 817
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Metyal Sahar compares

By the 2011 count Metyal Sahar is the 21st largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,221 residents. Its 531.36 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 935.

Getting to Metyal Sahar

Metyal Sahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Metyal Sahar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Layekdi, Madhutati, Mahinda Alias Babudergan and Manikpur. 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 Metyal Sahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Metyal Sahar village had a population of 1,709. That makes it the 21st largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,221 residents.

Metyal Sahar village has 892 males and 817 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metyal Sahar has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Metyal Sahar is 723121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metyal Sahar covers 531.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Metyal Sahar falls under Raghunathpur I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Metyal Sahar notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

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

Metyal Sahar is in Raghunathpur I tehsil of Puruliya 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 Metyal Sahar today is likely to be higher.

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