Metiari Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Metiari is a medium size village located in Sonarpur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 380 families residing. The Metiari village has population of 1674 of which 856 are males while 818 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Metiari village population of children with age 0-6 is 189 which makes up 11.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Metiari village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Metiari as per census is 800, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Metiari village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Metiari village was 78.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Metiari Male literacy stands at 84.02 % while female literacy rate was 72.21 %.

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

Metiari Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	380	-	-
Population	1,674	856	818
Child (0-6)	189	105	84
Schedule Caste	739	376	363
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.18 %	84.02 %	72.21 %
Total Workers	593	504	89
Main Worker	494	-	-
Marginal Worker	99	52	47

Caste Factor

In Metiari village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.15 % of total population in Metiari village. The village Metiari currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Metiari village out of total population, 593 were engaged in work activities. 83.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 593 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.