# Rautora Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Rautora

Rautora is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,298 people in 208 households**, the 34th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,298people (2011)
- 208households
- 66.1%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rautora

Of every 100 households in Rautora in 2011, 5 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rautora · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**85%

Use banking services ****25%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

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 Rautora?

■ Rautora · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****803**

**957

Working population ****59.2%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 49.7% for women. 60% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 169 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (15%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 84 (11%) · **■** Marginal 402 (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 Barabazar

- Tumrashou1,399 people
- Baramukru1,371 people
- Chandanpur1,359 people
- Rajdih1,331 people
- Damda1,292 people
- Pattoria1,278 people
- Bardaha1,222 people
- Lakshmanpur1,190 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rautora?1,298 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rautora in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rautora?66.1% (Census 2011)