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Metial Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Metial is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 101 families residing. The Metial village has population of 504 of which 270 are males while 234 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Metial village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 14.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Metial village is 867 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Metial as per census is 1029, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Metial village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Metial village was 65.82 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Metial Male literacy stands at 75.32 % while female literacy rate was 54.55 %.

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

Metial Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 101 - -
Population 504 270 234
Child (0-6) 71 35 36
Schedule Caste 220 114 106
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.82 % 75.32 % 54.55 %
Total Workers 292 157 135
Main Worker 95 - -
Marginal Worker 197 68 129

Caste Factor

In Metial village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.65 % of total population in Metial village. The village Metial currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Metial village out of total population, 292 were engaged in work activities. 32.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 292 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.