About Rail Village

Rail is a mid sized village in Khuldabad tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 788, made up of 418 males and 370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347 hectares hectares.

Rail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rail village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Khuldabad
Area (hectares)	347 hectares
Population	788
Male Population	418
Female Population	370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rail compares

By the 2011 count Rail is the 48th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,386 residents. Its 347 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Rail

Rail is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rail as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Rail from other places

Rail lies about 15 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Chirailla Pauthu, about under 2 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 Rail
Nearest railway station	Chirailla Pauthu	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khuldabad	15 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	15 km
Nearest town	Aurangābād	15 km

Villages closest to Rail

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khuldabad 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 Rail

As per the Census of India 2011, Rail village had a population of 788. That makes it the 48th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,386 residents.

Rail village has 418 males and 370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rail has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Rail covers 347 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rail falls under Khuldabad tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rail is Chirailla Pauthu, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rail.

Rail is about 15 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rail is in Khuldabad tehsil of Aurangabad district. Chirailla Pauthu is about under 2 km away. Khuldabad is about 15 km away. Aurangabad is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.