# Rautarapur Village, Dantan - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Rautarapur

Rautarapur is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **893 people in 223 households**, the 72nd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 893people (2011)
- 223households
- 78.6%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rautarapur

Of every 100 households in Rautarapur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Rautarapur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**40%

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

**40%

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

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****90%**

**62%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

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 Rautarapur?

■ Rautarapur · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****615**

**963

Working population ****33.4%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 71.0% for women. 51% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 46 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (36%) · **■** Other work 31 (10%) · **■** Marginal 114 (38%)

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 Dantan - I

- Pargana942 people
- Kantapal936 people
- Pakharbar922 people
- Makhmalpur918 people
- Malpara879 people
- Jhinuk Palasia878 people
- Talda876 people
- Alikasha873 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rautarapur?893 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rautarapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rautarapur?78.6% (Census 2011)