# Rautara Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Rautara

Rautara is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **822 people in 189 households**, the 71st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 822people (2011)
- 189households
- 81.6%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rautara

Of every 100 households in Rautara in 2011, 59 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rautara · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**5%

Tap water ****87%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**91%

Use banking services ****18%**

**43%

Television ****31%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**956

Working population ****39.7%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 74.2% for women. 60% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (16%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 240 (74%) · **■** Marginal 19 (6%)

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 Contai - I

- Deshdatta Bar885 people
- Rangamalput865 people
- Bankaberya851 people
- Raghusardar Bar Jalpai824 people
- Kaitalia821 people
- Kachua799 people
- Badalpur790 people
- Nimdasbar790 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rautara?822 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rautara in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rautara?81.6% (Census 2011)