About Rautara Village

Rautara is a mid sized village in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,078, made up of 564 males and 514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rautara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rautara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Bolpur Sriniketan
Pincode	731204
Area (hectares)	213.33 hectares
Population	1,078
Male Population	564
Female Population	514
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rautara compares

By the 2011 count Rautara is the 66th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 213.33 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Rautara

Rautara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rautara as Available within 5 - 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 Rautara from other places

Rautara 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 Rautara
Nearest railway station	Gadadharpur	9.5 km
Nearest town	Sainthia	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bolpur Sriniketan	30 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	30 km

Villages closest to Rautara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bolpur Sriniketan 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 Rautara

As per the Census of India 2011, Rautara village had a population of 1,078. That makes it the 66th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Rautara village has 564 males and 514 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rautara has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Rautara is 731204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rautara covers 213.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rautara falls under Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Rautara 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rautara.

Rautara 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.

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