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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Chhota Metyala

Chhota Metyala is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **517 people in 94 households**, the 88th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 517people (2011)
- 94households
- 44.7%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhota Metyala

Of every 100 households in Chhota Metyala in 2011, 44 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhota Metyala · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**96%

Tap water ****22%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****6%**

**30%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****60%**

**35%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Chhota Metyala?

■ Chhota Metyala · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.7%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1121**

**973

Working population ****32.1%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.5% for men and 31.2% for women. 47% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 24 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (46%) · **■** Household industry 21 (13%) · **■** Other work 33 (20%) · **■** Marginal 12 (7%)

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

- Bingdaru582 people
- Amra556 people
- Chutukpiri539 people
- Kasdihi533 people
- Kanthali505 people
- Rajadera502 people
- Lupungdi499 people
- Narayanpur Alias Lakhipur497 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhota Metyala?517 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhota Metyala in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Chhota Metyala?44.7% (Census 2011)