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Krishnadevaraya-Era Inscription Unearthed in Ballari Region
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 605040
- Pincode
- 583152
- Post office
- Bellary Thermal Power Station
- Population
- 1,427
- Households
- 241
- Literacy rate
- 43.3%
- Sex ratio
- 976 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 642
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 23 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 247 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 320 km
- Nearest railway station
- Obalapuram · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,D.Hirehal · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Metriki compares
By population, Metriki ranks #47 of 84 villages in Sandur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.3%
−8.4% vs mandal average
- Metriki
- 43.3%
- Sandur mandal
- 51.7%
- Ballari district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
976
+6 vs mandal average
- Metriki
- 976
- Sandur mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Metriki
- 5.9
- Sandur mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Metriki at a glance
Metriki is a village of 1,427 people in 241 households (Census 2011) in Sandur taluk, Ballari district, Karnataka, the 47th-largest of 84 villages in Sandur taluk. Literacy is 43%, 8 points below the taluk average of 52% and the sex ratio is 976 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Ballari district centre, 21 km from Kolagallu, the nearest town, 11 km from Obalapuram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 583152, served by Bellary Thermal Power Station post office; the LGD village code is 605040. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,D.Hirehal, 10 km away. The village votes in Sandur assembly constituency, represented by MLA E. Tukaram. The population is estimated at 1,682 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Metriki →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metriki · this village | 1,427 | 43% | — |
| Kererampura · Sandur | 506 | 52% | 4.1 km NW |
| Malapanagudi · D.Hirehal | 970 | 40% | 5 km E |
| Bandravi · Molakalmuru | 2,721 | 39% | 6.3 km SW |
| H.Siddapuram · D.Hirehal | 1,758 | 42% | 6.8 km E |
| Madenahalli · D.Hirehal | 1,393 | 29% | 8.3 km SE |
| Malleharavu · Molakalmuru | 275 | 50% | 9.4 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Metriki
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SANDUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 32
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- METRIKI
- Total area (ha)
- 1,218.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 51.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 581.61
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Metriki
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Metriki
- LGD code
- 605040
- Pincode
- 583152
- Post office
- Bellary Thermal Power Station
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,427
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,682
- Households
- 241
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 976
- Literacy rate
- 43.3%
- Coordinates
- 15.03801°N, 76.75255°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bellary
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sandur
- Member of Parliament
- E. Tukaram
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- E. Tukaram
- Block / Mandal
- Sandur
Getting there
How to reach Metriki
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bengaluru247 kmcapital
- Hyderabad320 km
- Chennai437 km
- Mumbai609 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationObalapuram11 km
- Bus stopVeni Virapura18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,D.Hirehal10 km
- ATM / bankSyndicate Bank14 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil24 km
- CollegeGovernment Pre University College18 km
- Police stationPolice station20 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 583152
Villages near Metriki
Other villages in Sandur mandal
View all 60+ →- Daroji
- Toranagal
- Chornur
- Bandri
- Krishnanagar
- Yeswanthanagar
- Taranagar
- Bhujanganagar
- Suseelnagar
- Talur
- Hirekeriyaginahalli
- Bommagatta
- Agrahara
- Deogiri
- Sovenahalli
- Yerraiahnahalli
- Nidugurthi
- Antapur
- Vittalapur
- Dowlatpur
- Jaisingapur
- Rajapur
- Kalingeri
- Devaramallapur
- Ankammanahal
- Mallapura 72
- Selieppanahalli
- Narasingapur
- Chikkakeriyaginahalli
- Kodalu
- Bannihatti
- Shro.Basapur
- Gollalingammanahalli
- Gundlahalli
- Nagalapur
- Kanakapur .B.C.
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)