About Drairi Village

Drairi is a mid sized village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,096, made up of 575 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 483.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Drairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Drairi village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Rajauri
Pincode	185131
Area (hectares)	483.6 hectares
Population	1,096
Male Population	575
Female Population	521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Drairi compares

By the 2011 count Drairi is the 50th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 483.6 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Drairi

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

Drairi lies about 7.2 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 46 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 Drairi
District headquarters	Rajouri	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajauri	17 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	17 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	46 km

Villages closest to Drairi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Drairi village had a population of 1,096. That makes it the 50th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Drairi village has 575 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Drairi has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Drairi is 185131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Drairi covers 483.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Drairi falls under Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Drairi is Dugga, about 46 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Drairi.

Drairi is about 7.2 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Drairi is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajouri is about 7.2 km away. Rajauri is about 17 km away. Rajaori is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.