# Metyal Sahar Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Metyal Sahar

Metyal Sahar is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,709 people in 360 households**, the 21st largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,709people (2011)
- 360households
- 64.4%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metyal Sahar

Of every 100 households in Metyal Sahar in 2011, 22 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Metyal Sahar · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**89%

Tap water ****1%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**9%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**71%

Use banking services ****23%**

**46%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Metyal Sahar?

■ Metyal Sahar · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1101**

**964

Working population ****33.9%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 47.2% for women. 51% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (18%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 98 (17%) · **■** Marginal 266 (46%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Chinpina1,861 people
- Ramkanali1,811 people
- Raidi1,754 people
- Metyala1,731 people
- Jiara1,635 people
- Salanchi1,476 people
- Bagatbari1,473 people
- Dumariakuri1,473 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metyal Sahar?1,709 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metyal Sahar in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metyal Sahar?64.4% (Census 2011)