# Dakshin Rautara Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Dakshin Rautara

Dakshin Rautara is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **541 people in 111 households**, the 102nd largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 541people (2011)
- 111households
- 79.7%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Rautara

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Rautara in 2011, 79 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Rautara · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**46%

Television ****19%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dakshin Rautara?

■ Dakshin Rautara · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**932

Working population ****62.8%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 68.3% for women. 63% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 39 (11%) · **■** Other work 49 (14%) · **■** Marginal 166 (49%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Joykrishnapur592 people
- Mahespur579 people
- Payrachali560 people
- Singda550 people
- Maishali540 people
- Ramkhali535 people
- Bulakipur533 people
- Purbamaji Gaon533 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Rautara?541 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Rautara in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Rautara?79.7% (Census 2011)