# Rautara Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Rautara

Rautara is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,006 people in 235 households**, the 61st largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,006people (2011)
- 235households
- 87.7%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rautara

Of every 100 households in Rautara in 2011, 37 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rautara · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**5%

Tap water ****34%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**24%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****40%**

**36%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**21%

Own their home ****74%**

**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 Rautara?

■ Rautara · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**943

Working population ****33.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.6% for men and 79.7% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 139 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (47%) · **■** Other work 25 (7%) · **■** Marginal 15 (4%)

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 - II

- Uttarchounukh1,089 people
- Mangraj1,024 people
- Srikhoda1,020 people
- Paschimsai1,018 people
- Katnadighi989 people
- Manpur981 people
- Pindrut974 people
- Itachana960 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rautara?1,006 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rautara in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rautara?87.7% (Census 2011)