About Raotara Village

Raotara is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 828, made up of 411 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raotara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raotara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Rajnagar
Pincode	731126
Area (hectares)	219.24 hectares
Population	828
Male Population	411
Female Population	417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Raotara compares

By the 2011 count Raotara is the 30th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 219.24 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Raotara

Raotara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Raotara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Raotara from other places

Raotara lies about 30 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, about 9.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Raotara
Nearest railway station	Gadadharpur	9.5 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajnagar	30 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	30 km

Villages closest to Raotara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajnagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Raotara

As per the Census of India 2011, Raotara village had a population of 828. That makes it the 30th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Raotara village has 411 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raotara has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Raotara is 731126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Raotara covers 219.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Raotara falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Raotara is Gadadharpur, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Raotara.

Raotara is about 30 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raotara is in Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district. Gadadharpur is about 9.5 km away. Sainthia is about 11 km away. Rajnagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.