About Rail Village

Rail is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 157, made up of 77 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 197 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177106, 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	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	177106
Area (hectares)	197 hectares
Population	157
Male Population	77
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
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 69th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 197 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1092.

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 29 km from Kangra, 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	Jaswan	29 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km

Villages closest to Rail

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaswan 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 157. That makes it the 69th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Rail village has 77 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rail has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Rail is 177106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rail covers 197 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rail falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra 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 29 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rail is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Kartoli Punjab is about 11 km away. Talwāra is about 13 km away. Jaswan is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.