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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONSIRA KARMA
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- LGD code
- 449456
- Pincode
- 494221
- Post office
- Asna
- Population
- 672
- Households
- 155
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1080 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 292
Census 2011 · in context
How Metawada compares
By population, Metawada ranks #51 of 66 villages in Bakavand mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.6%
+8.9% vs mandal average
- Metawada
- 53.6%
- Bakavand mandal
- 44.7%
- Bastar district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,080
+70 vs mandal average
- Metawada
- 1,080
- Bakavand mandal
- 1,010
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Metawada
- 4.3
- Bakavand mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Metawada at a glance
Metawada is a village of 672 people in 155 households (Census 2011) in Bakavand tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 51st-largest of 66 villages in Bakavand tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,080 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494221, served by Asna post office; the LGD village code is 449456. The sarpanch is SONSIRA KARMA. The population is estimated at 792 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Metawada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGDALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 8
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JHARUMARGAON
- Total area (ha)
- 290.68
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 140.85
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Metawada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Metawada
- LGD code
- 449456
- Pincode
- 494221
- Post office
- Asna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 672
- Population (projected 2026)
- 792
- Households
- 155
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1080
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONSIRA KARMA
- Block / Mandal
- Bakavand
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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