About Rai Chak Village

Rai Chak is a small village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 247, made up of 124 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rai Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rai Chak village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Ramnagar
Pincode	182128
Area (hectares)	253.7 hectares
Population	247
Male Population	124
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rai Chak compares

By the 2011 count Rai Chak is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 253.7 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Rai Chak

Rai Chak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rai Chak 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 Rai Chak from other places

Rai Chak lies about 47 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 44 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 Rai Chak
Tehsil headquarters	Ramnagar	29 km
Nearest town	Doda	39 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	44 km
District headquarters	Udhampur	47 km

Villages closest to Rai Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramnagar 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 Rai Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Rai Chak village had a population of 247. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Rai Chak village has 124 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rai Chak has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Rai Chak is 182128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rai Chak covers 253.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rai Chak falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Rai Chak is Budhi, about 44 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 Rai Chak.

Rai Chak is about 47 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rai Chak is in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district. Ramnagar is about 29 km away. Doda is about 39 km away. Budhi is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.