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

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Metyala

Metyala is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,731 people in 422 households**, the 20th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,731people (2011)
- 422households
- 70.3%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Metyala

Of every 100 households in Metyala in 2011, 48 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 42 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Metyala · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****42%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**71%

Use banking services ****94%**

**46%

Television ****35%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Metyala?

■ Metyala · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**964

Working population ****41.7%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 57.5% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 191 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 233 (32%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (13%) · **■** Marginal 196 (27%)

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

- Khajura1,871 people
- Chinpina1,861 people
- Ramkanali1,811 people
- Raidi1,754 people
- Metyal Sahar1,709 people
- Jiara1,635 people
- Salanchi1,476 people
- Bagatbari1,473 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Metyala?1,731 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Metyala in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Metyala?70.3% (Census 2011)