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Metyala Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Metyala is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 162 families residing. The Metyala village has population of 775 of which 392 are males while 383 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Metyala village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 12.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Metyala village is 977 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Metyala as per census is 1087, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Metyala village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Metyala village was 77.91 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Metyala Male literacy stands at 93.06 % while female literacy rate was 62.16 %.

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 162 - -
Population 775 392 383
Child (0-6) 96 46 50
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 27 13 14
Literacy 77.91 % 93.06 % 62.16 %
Total Workers 370 222 148
Main Worker 225 - -
Marginal Worker 145 48 97

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 3.48 % of total population in Metyala village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Metyala village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Metyala village out of total population, 370 were engaged in work activities. 60.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 370 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.