# Rautara Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Rautara

Rautara is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,260 people in 727 households**, the 18th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 4,260people (2011)
- 727households
- 35.2%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rautara

Of every 100 households in Rautara in 2011, 31 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rautara · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**26%

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

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**78%

Tap water ****22%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**19%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Rautara?

■ Rautara · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**943

Working population ****28.7%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.9% for men and 31.4% for women. 44% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 383 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 383 (31%) · **■** Household industry 119 (10%) · **■** Other work 146 (12%) · **■** Marginal 193 (16%)

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 Karandighi

- Fatepur4,676 people
- Bhabanipur4,509 people
- Lahutara4,324 people
- Dulepur4,273 people
- Machhali3,810 people
- Dighalgaon3,780 people
- Palsa3,769 people
- Dakshin Betauna3,730 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rautara?4,260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rautara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rautara?35.2% (Census 2011)