About Rail Village

Rail is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 134 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177045, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rail village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177045
Area (hectares)	48.87 hectares
Population	271
Male Population	134
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rail compares

By the 2011 count Rail is the 82nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 48.87 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

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 village. 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 55 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 11 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	Kartoli Punjab	11 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	34 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	55 km

Villages closest to Rail

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nadaun 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 271. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Rail village has 134 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rail has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Rail is 177045. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rail covers 48.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rail falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rail is Kartoli Punjab, about 11 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 village for Rail.

Rail is about 55 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rail is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Kartoli Punjab is about 11 km away. Talwāra is about 13 km away. Nadaun is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.