About Rai Village

Rai is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,109, made up of 587 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rai village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143110
Area (hectares)	275 hectares
Population	1,109
Male Population	587
Female Population	522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rai compares

By the 2011 count Rai is the 143rd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 275 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Rai

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

Rai lies about 31 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is واہگہ, about 12 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 railway station	واہگہ	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	26 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	26 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	31 km

Villages closest to Rai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rai village had a population of 1,109. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Rai village has 587 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rai has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Rai is 143110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rai covers 275 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rai falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Rai is واہگہ, about 12 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 village for Rai.

Rai is about 31 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rai is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. واہگہ is about 12 km away. Ajnala is about 26 km away. Ajnāla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.