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Metyala Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Metyala is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 101 families residing. The Metyala village has population of 557 of which 282 are males while 275 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Metyala village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 10.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Metyala village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Metyala as per census is 1308, 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 65.39 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Metyala Male literacy stands at 81.64 % while female literacy rate was 48.13 %.

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 101 - -
Population 557 282 275
Child (0-6) 60 26 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 80 41 39
Literacy 65.39 % 81.64 % 48.13 %
Total Workers 318 168 150
Main Worker 105 - -
Marginal Worker 213 67 146

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 14.36 % 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, 318 were engaged in work activities. 33.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 318 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.