# Metyala Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Metyala

Metyala is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **775 people in 162 households**, the 65th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 775people (2011)
- 162households
- 77.9%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metyala

Of every 100 households in Metyala in 2011, 22 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Metyala · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****9%**

**39%

Television ****12%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**946

Working population ****47.7%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 62.2% for women. 57% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 178 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (5%) · **■** Household industry 22 (6%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 145 (39%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Gokulnagar835 people
- Dulla808 people
- Olgara807 people
- Chak Kerayari780 people
- Merend759 people
- Magha758 people
- Jojuhatu754 people
- Kiribera752 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metyala?775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metyala in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metyala?77.9% (Census 2011)