About Bain Village

Bain is a mid sized village in Chenani tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,603, made up of 817 males and 786 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bain village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Chenani
Pincode	182141
Area (hectares)	488.5 hectares
Population	1,603
Male Population	817
Female Population	786
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bain compares

By the 2011 count Bain is the 20th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 488.5 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Bain

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

Bain lies about 4.3 km from Chenani, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 19 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 Bain
Tehsil headquarters	Chenani	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	19 km

Villages closest to Bain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bain village had a population of 1,603. That makes it the 20th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Bain village has 817 males and 786 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bain has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Bain is 182141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bain covers 488.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bain falls under Chenani tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bain is Udhampur, about 19 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 - 10 km distance for Bain.

Bain is about 4.3 km from Chenani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bain is in Chenani tehsil of Udhampur district. Chenani is about 4.3 km away. Udhampur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.