# Bara Metyala Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Bara Metyala

Bara Metyala is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,724 people in 327 households**, the 24th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,724people (2011)
- 327households
- 54.2%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Metyala

Of every 100 households in Bara Metyala in 2011, 61 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bara Metyala · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**80%

Use banking services ****51%**

**30%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****40%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bara Metyala?

■ Bara Metyala · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**973

Working population ****41.8%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.7% for men and 37.0% for women. 55% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 207 (29%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 83 (12%) · **■** Marginal 306 (42%)

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 - II

- Oldi1,797 people
- Chitarpur Alias Kokarkhap1,779 people
- Tigra1,771 people
- Bara Hankol1,747 people
- Murulahar1,694 people
- Nawahatu1,625 people
- Barudi1,605 people
- Ukma1,518 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Metyala?1,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Metyala in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Metyala?54.2% (Census 2011)