# Rautara Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Rautara

Rautara is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,078 people in 237 households**, the 66th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,078people (2011)
- 237households
- 70.6%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rautara

Of every 100 households in Rautara in 2011, 31 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rautara · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**18%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**82%

Use banking services ****95%**

**61%

Television ****18%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1155**

**972

Working population ****56.6%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 61.5% for women. 65% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 83 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 306 (50%) · **■** Other work 53 (9%) · **■** Marginal 168 (28%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Amdahara1,122 people
- Bandh Nabagram1,109 people
- Sarpalehana1,109 people
- Uparkhara1,104 people
- Jadabpur1,072 people
- Khanjanpur1,014 people
- Dakshin Harirampur1,005 people
- Kamardanga1,000 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rautara?1,078 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rautara in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rautara?70.6% (Census 2011)