About Rai Village

Rai is a small village in Gharghoda tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 135, made up of 69 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Gharghoda
Pincode	494448
Area (hectares)	203.76 hectares
Population	135
Male Population	69
Female Population	66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rai compares

By the 2011 count Rai is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 203.76 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Rai

Rai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rai as Available. 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 Rai from other places

Rai lies about under 2 km from Raigarh. 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 Rai
District headquarters	Raigarh	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gharghoda	31 km

Villages closest to Rai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rai village had a population of 135. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Rai village has 69 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rai has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Rai is 494448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rai covers 203.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rai falls under Gharghoda tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Rai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rai.

Rai is about under 2 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rai is in Gharghoda tehsil of Raigarh district. Raigarh is about under 2 km away. Gharghoda is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.