About Rai Village

Rai is a mid sized village in Gwalior tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 918, made up of 493 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 474006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Tehsil	Gwalior
Pincode	474006
Area (hectares)	376.29 hectares
Population	918
Male Population	493
Female Population	425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rai compares

By the 2011 count Rai is the 133rd largest of the 307 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 376.29 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 834.

Getting to Rai

Rai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 from other places

Rai lies about 15 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Birlanagar, about 13 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
Nearest town	Morār	10 km
Nearest railway station	Birlanagar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gwalior	15 km

Villages closest to Rai

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Rai

As per the Census of India 2011, Rai village had a population of 918. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 307 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Rai village has 493 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rai has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 834.

The pincode recorded for Rai is 474006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rai covers 376.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rai falls under Gwalior tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rai is Birlanagar, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rai.

Rai is about 15 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rai is in Gwalior tehsil of Gwalior district. Morār is about 10 km away. Birlanagar is about 13 km away. Gwalior is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.