Metyala Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Metyala is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 422 families residing. The Metyala village has population of 1731 of which 905 are males while 826 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Metyala village population of children with age 0-6 is 189 which makes up 10.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Metyala village is 913 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Metyala as per census is 1011, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Metyala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Metyala village was 70.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Metyala Male literacy stands at 81.87 % while female literacy rate was 57.46 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Metyala 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 Metyala village.

Metyala Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	422	-	-
Population	1,731	905	826
Child (0-6)	189	94	95
Schedule Caste	946	496	450
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	70.30 %	81.87 %	57.46 %
Total Workers	721	535	186
Main Worker	525	-	-
Marginal Worker	196	83	113

Caste Factor

In Metyala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.65 % of total population in Metyala village. The village Metyala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Metyala village out of total population, 721 were engaged in work activities. 72.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 721 workers engaged in Main Work, 191 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.