Raina II (also spelled Rayna and called Rainagar) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

In 1933, independence activist Dasarathi Tah was involved in Swadeshi dacoities in Meral, Mirzapur and Bogra in the area.

[2] In 1948, Raina witnessed the ‘Tebhaga movement’, where sharecroppers demanded a higher share of the crops they grew.

[3] Great revolutionary Rashbehari Bose was born in village-Subaldaha, Block-Raina 2, Dist-Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal.

[9] The small Ratnela khal also originates in the region and later flows into the Ghia river in Hooghly district.

[11] As per the 2011 Census of India Raina II CD Block had a total population of 151,401, all of which were rural.

[12] Other villages in Raina II CD Block include (2011 census figures in brackets): Arui (3,322), Kaiti (2,644), Painta (3,841), Kamargoria (1,378) and Muidhara (1,376).

[16] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data

In the 2011 census Hindus numbered 125,414 and formed 82.84% of the population in Raina II CD Block.

[7] Raina II CD Block is part of the area where agriculture dominates the scenario but the secondary and tertiary sectors have shown an increasing trend.

[7] Persons engaged in agriculturein Raina II CD Block Although the Bargadari Act of 1950 recognised the rights of bargadars to a higher share of crops from the land that they tilled, it was not implemented fully.

Large tracts, beyond the prescribed limit of land ceiling, remained with the rich landlords.

In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture Raina II could be classified as follows: bargadars 6.21%, patta (document) holders 16.64%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 7.18%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 28.28% and agricultural labourers 41.69%.

[7] Raina II CD Block has 3 ferry services and 15 originating/ terminating bus routes.

[28] More than 6,000 schools (in erstwhile Bardhaman district) serve cooked midday meal to more than 900,000 students.

[29] Acharya Sukumar Sen Mahavidyalaya has been established in 2013 at Gotan[30] In 2014, Raina II CD Block had 1 block primary health centre and 5 primary health centres with total 39 beds and 8 doctors (excluding private bodies).

[31] Raina II CD Block is one of the areas of Bardhaman district which is affected by moderately high levels of arsenic contamination of ground water.