About Rains Village

Rains is a mid sized village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 604, made up of 300 males and 304 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246453, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rains Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rains village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246453
Area (hectares)	231.49 hectares
Population	604
Male Population	300
Female Population	304
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
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 Rains compares

By the 2011 count Rains is the 31st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 231.49 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Rains

Rains is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rains 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 Rains from other places

Rains lies about 24 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 92 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 Rains
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	20 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	24 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	56 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	92 km

Villages closest to Rains

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rains village had a population of 604. That makes it the 31st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Rains village has 300 males and 304 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rains has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Rains is 246453. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rains covers 231.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rains falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rains is Ramnagar, about 92 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 Rains.

Rains is about 24 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rains is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 20 km away. Chamoli is about 24 km away. Srīnagar is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.