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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MALATI MURMU
Contact: 95****5561
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- LGD code
- 316579
- Pincode
- 731213
- Post office
- Mayureswar
- Population
- 646
- Households
- 189
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1025 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 302
Census 2011 · in context
How Rautara compares
By population, Rautara ranks #73 of 113 villages in Mayureswar - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.2%
+1.2% vs mandal average
Rautara63.2%
Mayureswar - I mandal62.0%
Birbhum district61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,025
+64 vs mandal average
Rautara1,025
Mayureswar - I mandal961
Household size
people per home
3.4
−0.8 vs mandal average
Rautara3.4
Mayureswar - I mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rautara at a glance
Rautara is a village of 646 people in 189 households (Census 2011) in Mayureswar - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 73rd-largest of 113 villages in Mayureswar - I block. Literacy is 63%, 1 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,025 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731213, served by Mayureswar post office; the LGD village code is 316579. The sarpanch is MALATI MURMU, and the village votes in Mayureswar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dudh Kumar Mondal. The population is estimated at 762 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rautara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 92.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 59.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
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
- 316579
- Pincode
- 731213
- Post office
- Mayureswar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 646
- Population (projected 2026)
- 762
- Households
- 189
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1025
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mayureswar
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dudh Kumar Mondal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MALATI MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Mayureswar - I
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
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