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About Rains Village

Rains is a small village in Lad Bharol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 55 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rains Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rains village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Lad Bharol
Pincode 176126
Area (hectares) 32.66 hectares
Population 132
Male Population 55
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,400
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rains compares

By the 2011 count Rains is the 71st largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 32.66 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1262.

Getting to Rains

Rains is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rains as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Rains from other places

Rains lies about 61 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Paror, about 2.8 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 Rains
Nearest railway station Paror 2.8 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Lad Bharol 29 km
District headquarters Mandi 61 km

Villages closest to Rains

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lad Bharol 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.

Common questions about Rains

As per the Census of India 2011, Rains village had a population of 132. That makes it the 71st largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Rains village has 55 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rains has about 1400 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1262.

The pincode recorded for Rains is 176126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rains covers 32.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rains falls under Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rains is Paror, about 2.8 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 <5 km distance for Rains.

Rains is about 61 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rains is in Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district. Paror is about 2.8 km away. Dharamsala is about 20 km away. Lad Bharol is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bagora (2.4 km), Phatren (3.1 km) and Bharon (3.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Rains today is likely to be higher.

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