# Rautara Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Rautara

Rautara is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,188 people in 252 households**, the 55th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,188people (2011)
- 252households
- 80.9%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rautara

Of every 100 households in Rautara in 2011, 14 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rautara · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**56%

Tap water ****42%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**36%

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

**4%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****32%**

**70%

Television ****11%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Rautara?

■ Rautara · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**77.3%

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

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**960

Working population ****41.2%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 72.6% for women. 65% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 118 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 235 (48%) · **■** Other work 125 (26%) · **■** Marginal 11 (2%)

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 Khandaghosh

- Amilia1,275 people
- Masila1,253 people
- Nabagram1,234 people
- Wania1,195 people
- Kulchaura1,159 people
- Bamanari1,153 people
- Aladipur1,106 people
- Ulkunda1,096 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rautara?1,188 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rautara in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rautara?80.9% (Census 2011)