About Pailing Village

Pailing is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 116 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,466 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pailing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pailing village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Tehsil	Ukhimath
Pincode	246419
Area (hectares)	113.76 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	116
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,466
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 Pailing compares

By the 2011 count Pailing is the 97th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 113.76 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Pailing

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

Pailing lies about 24 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 88 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 Pailing
Tehsil headquarters	Ukhimath	5.1 km
District headquarters	Rudraprayag	24 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	41 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	88 km

Villages closest to Pailing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pailing village had a population of 286. That makes it the 97th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Pailing village has 116 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pailing has about 1466 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Pailing is 246419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pailing covers 113.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pailing falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pailing is Rishikesh, about 88 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 Pailing.

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

Pailing is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 5.1 km away. Rudraprayag is about 24 km away. Srīnagar is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.