# Rautara Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Rautara

Rautara is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,870 people in 345 households**, the 31st largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,870people (2011)
- 345households
- 61.1%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rautara

Of every 100 households in Rautara in 2011, 16 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rautara · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**6%

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

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**79%

Use banking services ****26%**

**47%

Television ****17%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.1%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**968

Working population ****39.2%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 48.3% for women. 54% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 155 (21%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (9%) · **■** Marginal 414 (56%)

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 Para

- Ranipur1,991 people
- Bhanuridi1,966 people
- Amchatar1,942 people
- Gurguria1,941 people
- Parasiri1,837 people
- Ramkrishnapur alias Nutandi1,821 people
- Bamanbad1,796 people
- Bhalagara1,746 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rautara?1,870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rautara in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rautara?61.1% (Census 2011)