About Rail Village

Rail is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 85 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 272131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rail village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Harraiya
Pincode	272131
Area (hectares)	65.28 hectares
Population	173
Male Population	85
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rail compares

By the 2011 count Rail is the 1104th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 65.28 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Rail

Rail is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rail as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Rail from other places

Rail lies about 42 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Ahirauli, about 26 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 Rail
Nearest town	Bānsi	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harraiya	21 km
Nearest railway station	Ahirauli	26 km
District headquarters	Basti	42 km

Villages closest to Rail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rail village had a population of 173. That makes it the 1104th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Rail village has 85 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rail has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Rail is 272131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rail covers 65.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rail falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rail is Ahirauli, about 26 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 10+ km distance for Rail.

Rail is about 42 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rail is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Bānsi is about 8.7 km away. Harraiya is about 21 km away. Ahirauli is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.