Metela
Chandrakona-Ii block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721201
· village code 337530
Population 2011
1,570
Census of India
Population 2020
1,872
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.2%
302 people · 2.0% a year
Households
384
+9.4% vs 351 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,570
Male / female
775 / 795
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,026
Children aged 0–6
218
Literacy rate
37.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,098 / 1
Working population
721
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.5%
Households
351
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
310
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
78
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
311
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
180 / 80 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhagabantapur-Ii panchayat, Chandrakona-Ii 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
₹43.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.96 lakh
Received directly
₹1.11 lakh
Spent
₹1.03 crore
Unspent at year end
₹22.73 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.27 lakh · received ₹33.27 lakh · spent ₹33.04 lakh · left ₹15.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.06 lakh · received ₹47.69 lakh · spent ₹69.62 lakh · left ₹7.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7568, 87.5153 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
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