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Metegram Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Metegram is a medium size village located in Dubrajpur Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 288 families residing. The Metegram village has population of 1203 of which 615 are males while 588 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Metegram village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 13.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Metegram village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Metegram as per census is 1117, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Metegram village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Metegram village was 49.81 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Metegram Male literacy stands at 55.58 % while female literacy rate was 43.63 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Metegram village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Metegram village.

Metegram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 288 - -
Population 1,203 615 588
Child (0-6) 163 77 86
Schedule Caste 1,025 528 497
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.81 % 55.58 % 43.63 %
Total Workers 733 396 337
Main Worker 440 - -
Marginal Worker 293 45 248

Caste Factor

In Metegram village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 85.20 % of total population in Metegram village. The village Metegram currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Metegram village out of total population, 733 were engaged in work activities. 60.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 733 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 368 were Agricultural labourer.