During the British Colonial some populations of Rautia caste migrate from their native state to Assam, Bengal and Nepal for searching job in tea gardens and became the natives of these states.
The Rautia/Routia is a Hindu Caste community and Kshatriya Varna by its origin. The Rautia Caste is a upper caste in its Sadan ethnic community and because of being a Sadan caste, the mother tongue culture is Sadani which is known as Nagpuri or Sadri found in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh Odisha, Assam and Bengal in India. The presence of Rautia caste is also seen in countries like Nepal and Bangladesh.
In 1812 Jagirdar Bakhtar Say along with Parganait Mundal Singh rebelled against excessive tax imposition.
The community has several clans. Marriage is forbidden within same clan and allowed within different clans.
Rautia are included in list of Other Backward Class in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
In 2016, The Dr Ram Dayal Munda Tribal Research Institute recommend inclusion of Rautia caste in Scheduled Tribe list. According to TRI, Rautia have primitive features, distinctive culture and are backward in social, educational and economical aspects. The Government of Jharkhand had sent the proposal to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.