Metala Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Metala is a medium size village located in Dubrajpur Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 255 families residing. The Metala village has population of 1148 of which 575 are males while 573 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Metala village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 16.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Metala village is 997 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Metala as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Metala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Metala village was 59.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Metala Male literacy stands at 73.22 % while female literacy rate was 45.38 %.

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

Metala Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	255	-	-
Population	1,148	575	573
Child (0-6)	194	97	97
Schedule Caste	1,009	505	504
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	59.33 %	73.22 %	45.38 %
Total Workers	522	314	208
Main Worker	332	-	-
Marginal Worker	190	85	105

Caste Factor

In Metala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 87.89 % of total population in Metala village. The village Metala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Metala village out of total population, 522 were engaged in work activities. 63.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 522 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 215 were Agricultural labourer.