# Meral Village, Raina - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Raina - I, Barddhaman 

# Meral

Meral is a village in Raina - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,967 people in 682 households**, the 12th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.2%.

- 2,967people (2011)
- 682households
- 85.5%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meral

Of every 100 households in Meral in 2011, 42 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Meral · ■ Raina - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**34%

Tap water ****16%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**83%

Use banking services ****65%**

**67%

Television ****28%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Meral?

■ Meral · ■ Raina - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**80.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**950

Working population ****35.7%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 80.1% for women. 60% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 385 (36%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 249 (24%) · **■** Marginal 297 (28%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Raina - I

- Machhkhara3,786 people
- Belshar3,279 people
- Narugram3,226 people
- Bandgachha3,070 people
- Rambati2,872 people
- Bora2,764 people
- Baharampur2,646 people
- Anguna2,643 people

[All 112 villages in Raina - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/raina-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meral?2,967 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meral in?Barddhaman district (Raina - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meral?85.5% (Census 2011)