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Metyal Sahar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Metyal Sahar is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 360 families residing. The Metyal Sahar village has population of 1709 of which 892 are males while 817 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Metyal Sahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 12.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Metyal Sahar village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Metyal Sahar as per census is 1101, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Metyal Sahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Metyal Sahar village was 64.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Metyal Sahar Male literacy stands at 79.82 % while female literacy rate was 47.18 %.

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

Metyal Sahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 360 - -
Population 1,709 892 817
Child (0-6) 208 99 109
Schedule Caste 637 324 313
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.42 % 79.82 % 47.18 %
Total Workers 580 452 128
Main Worker 314 - -
Marginal Worker 266 175 91

Caste Factor

In Metyal Sahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.27 % of total population in Metyal Sahar village. The village Metyal Sahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Metyal Sahar village out of total population, 580 were engaged in work activities. 54.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 580 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.