# Metyala Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Metyala

Metyala is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **557 people in 101 households**, the 126th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 557people (2011)
- 101households
- 65.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metyala

Of every 100 households in Metyala in 2011, 14 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Metyala · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****92%**

**41%

Television ****11%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Metyala?

■ Metyala · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1308**

**957

Working population ****57.1%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 48.1% for women. 60% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 90 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 213 (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 Barabazar

- Shiramanipur564 people
- Agajhor563 people
- Mukundapur562 people
- Gohamikocha560 people
- Haramdih549 people
- Lanka546 people
- Gosaidih537 people
- Ransi530 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metyala?557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metyala in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metyala?65.4% (Census 2011)