Metial
Jhargram block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721514
· village code 339597
Population 2011
504
Census of India
Population 2020
579
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.9%
75 people · 1.6% a year
Households
120
+18.8% vs 101 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
504
Male / female
270 / 234
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
867
Children aged 0–6
71
Literacy rate
56.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
220 / 0
Working population
292
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.3%
Households
101
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
109
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
105
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
18 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
18 / 18 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bandhgora panchayat, Jhargram 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
₹77.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹69.87 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹74.26 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹73.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.26 lakh · received ₹28.75 lakh · spent ₹29.43 lakh · left ₹26.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.28 lakh · received ₹41.11 lakh · spent ₹44.84 lakh · left ₹46.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4144, 87.2981 —
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