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- LGD code
- 42077
- Pincode
- 246471
- Post office
- Phata
- Population
- 71
- Households
- 16
- Literacy rate
- 74.6%
- Sex ratio
- 821 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 35
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 113 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 279 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Makku Math · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rail compares
By population, Rail ranks #157 of 204 villages in Ukhimath mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.6%
+1.8% vs mandal average
Rail74.6%
Ukhimath mandal72.8%
Rudra Prayag district70.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
821
−219 vs mandal average
Rail821
Ukhimath mandal1,040
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.4 vs mandal average
Rail4.4
Ukhimath mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rail at a glance
Rail is a village of 71 people in 16 households (Census 2011) in Ukhimath tehsil, Rudra Prayag district, Uttarakhand, the 157th-largest of 204 villages in Ukhimath tehsil. Literacy is 75%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 73% and the sex ratio is 821 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Rudra Prayag district centre, 56 km from Kulheri, the nearest town (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246471, served by Phata post office; the LGD village code is 42077. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Makku Math, 9 km away. The village votes in Kedarnath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shaila Rani Rawat. The population is estimated at 84 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Rail
- LGD code
- 42077
- Pincode
- 246471
- Post office
- Phata
- Population (Census 2011)
- 71
- Population (projected 2026)
- 84
- Households
- 16
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 821
- Literacy rate
- 74.6%
- Coordinates
- 30.42436°N, 79.20437°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kedarnath
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shaila Rani Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Ukhimath
Getting there
How to reach Rail
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun113 kmcapital
- Delhi279 km
- Kolkata1261 km
- Mumbai1414 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stopBus to Chopta11 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Makku Math9 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India11 km
- Petrol pumpINDIAN OIL FUEL STATION11 km
- CollegeCHAURAS GROUND44 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station26 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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