# Rautara Village, Salbani, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur 

# Rautara

Rautara is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,715 people in 395 households**, the 10th largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 1,715people (2011)
- 395households
- 72.9%literacy
- 1,089females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rautara

Of every 100 households in Rautara in 2011, 88 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rautara · ■ Salbani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**16%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****21%**

**52%

Television ****15%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 · ■ Salbani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1089**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1338**

**991

Working population ****27.0%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 64.9% for women. 38% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (43%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (5%) · **■** Marginal 87 (19%)

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 Salbani

- Jhar Bhanga1,983 people
- Tilakhuli1,974 people
- Mandalkupi1,819 people
- Benucha1,722 people
- Dangarpara1,648 people
- Bishnupur1,639 people
- Sidadihi1,585 people
- Babaibasa1,580 people

[All 528 villages in Salbani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/salbani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rautara?1,715 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rautara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rautara?72.9% (Census 2011)