About Dedur Village

Dedur is one of the larger villages in Bakhtiarpur tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,356, made up of 4,993 males and 4,363 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126 hectares hectares.

Dedur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dedur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Bakhtiarpur
Area (hectares)	126 hectares
Population	9,356
Male Population	4,993
Female Population	4,363
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dedur compares

By the 2011 count Dedur is the 4th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,455 residents. Its 126 hectares work out to about 74 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Dedur

Dedur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dedur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dedur from other places

Dedur lies about 40 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Champapur Halt, about under 2 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 Dedur
Nearest railway station	Champapur Halt	under 2 km
Nearest town	Bakhtiyārpur	2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bakhtiarpur	2.7 km
District headquarters	Patna	40 km

Villages closest to Dedur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dedur village had a population of 9,356. That makes it the 4th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,455 residents.

Dedur village has 4,993 males and 4,363 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dedur has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 874.

Dedur covers 126 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 74 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dedur falls under Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dedur is Champapur Halt, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dedur.

Dedur is about 40 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dedur is in Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Patna district. Champapur Halt is about under 2 km away. Bakhtiyārpur is about 2.4 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 2.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.