Metala
Dubrajpur block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731123
· village code 318187
Population 2011
1,148
Census of India
Population 2020
1,415
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.3%
267 people · 2.4% a year
Households
325
+27.4% vs 255 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,148
Male / female
575 / 573
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
997
Children aged 0–6
194
Literacy rate
49.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,009 / 0
Working population
522
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
75.3%
Households
255
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
103
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
312
Non-farm households
13
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
16 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
16 / 5 / 3
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gohaliara panchayat, Dubrajpur zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹39.81 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹69.22 lakh
Received directly
₹11,104
Spent
₹74.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.89 lakh · received ₹28.45 lakh · spent ₹31.20 lakh · left ₹12.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.91 lakh · received ₹40.78 lakh · spent ₹43.31 lakh · left ₹22.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8919, 87.3990 —
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