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Jharkhand: MNREGA, irrigation scheme help Deoghar farmers overcome water shortage, grow sugarcane and other crops
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIMLA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 353774
- Pincode
- 814150
- Post office
- Sarwan
- Population
- 943
- Households
- 154
- Literacy rate
- 55.8%
- Sex ratio
- 921 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 392
- Distance to district centre
- 70 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 43 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 255 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 279 km
- Nearest railway station
- Godda · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shree Ram Orthopaedic Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rautara compares
By population, Rautara ranks #16 of 243 villages in Sarwan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.8%
+4.0% vs mandal average
Rautara55.8%
Sarwan mandal51.8%
Deoghar district53.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
921
+1 vs mandal average
Rautara921
Sarwan mandal920
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.5 vs mandal average
Rautara6.1
Sarwan mandal5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rautara at a glance
Rautara is a village of 943 people in 154 households (Census 2011) in Sarwan block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 16th-largest of 243 villages in Sarwan block. Literacy is 56%, 4 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. It lies 70 km from the Deoghar district centre, 22 km from Gaura, the nearest town, 2 km from Godda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814150, served by Sarwan post office; the LGD village code is 353774. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is BIMLA DEVI, and the village votes in Poreyahat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,112 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rautara
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEOGHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PAHARIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.79
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.29
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rautara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rautara
- LGD code
- 353774
- Pincode
- 814150
- Post office
- Sarwan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 943
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,112
- Households
- 154
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 921
- Literacy rate
- 55.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.84418°N, 87.21110°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Poreyahat
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BIMLA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Sarwan
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. B K Pandit Skin Care Clinic (1.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Rautara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi255 kmcapital
- Kolkata279 km
- Delhi1078 km
- Hyderabad1227 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGodda2 km
- Hospital / PHCShree Ram Orthopaedic Hospital<1 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur49 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station48 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Shree Ram Orthopaedic Hospitalunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Rautara
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
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- KusmahaSarwan mandal1,688 pop
- RaykundSona Rai Tharhi mandal1,684 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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