# Metial Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Metial

Metial is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **504 people in 101 households**, the 107th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 504people (2011)
- 101households
- 65.8%literacy
- 867females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metial

Of every 100 households in Metial in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Metial · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****7%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Metial?

■ Metial · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****867**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**979

Working population ****57.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 54.5% for women. 58% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (31%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 197 (67%)

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 Jhargram

- Shalukageria509 people
- Bardanga508 people
- Kotusol508 people
- Rajaband505 people
- Dakshin Sole503 people
- Narayanpur502 people
- Giria499 people
- Chhota Gahira493 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metial?504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metial in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metial?65.8% (Census 2011)