# Rautarapur Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Rautarapur

Rautarapur is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,425 people in 359 households**, the 39th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,425people (2011)
- 359households
- 89.0%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rautarapur

Of every 100 households in Rautarapur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rautarapur · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****41%**

**60%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Rautarapur?

■ Rautarapur · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.0%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1420**

**942

Working population ****50.9%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.9% for men and 82.7% for women. 63% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (14%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 116 (16%) · **■** Marginal 379 (52%)

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 Pingla

- Chak Chandi1,561 people
- Dangra1,547 people
- Panchthupi1,486 people
- Kultapara1,452 people
- Ujan1,415 people
- Surat Chak1,289 people
- Naratha1,284 people
- Makarda1,282 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rautarapur?1,425 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rautarapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rautarapur?89.0% (Census 2011)