Metekhal
Chanditala-I block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712701
· village code 325626
Population 2011
3,006
Census of India
Population 2020
3,344
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.2%
338 people · 1.2% a year
Households
505
0.0% vs 505 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,006
Male / female
1,559 / 1,447
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
928
Children aged 0–6
419
Literacy rate
75.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
109 / 0
Working population
848
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
27.2%
Households
505
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
280
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
355
Share of households farming, 2020
30%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhagabatipur panchayat, Chanditala-I 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
₹63.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹74.87 lakh
Received directly
₹83,366
Spent
₹95.42 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.60 lakh · received ₹30.77 lakh · spent ₹33.24 lakh · left ₹16.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.12 lakh · received ₹44.10 lakh · spent ₹62.18 lakh · left ₹27.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7027, 88.2034 —
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