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About Deragarh Village

Deragarh is a large village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,749, made up of 1,367 males and 1,382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 451.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Deragarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deragarh village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 495689
Area (hectares) 451.15 hectares
Population 2,749
Male Population 1,367
Female Population 1,382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Deragarh compares

By the 2011 count Deragarh is the 9th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 451.15 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Deragarh

Deragarh is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Deragarh as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Deragarh from other places

Deragarh lies about 30 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jetha, about 2.9 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 Deragarh
Nearest railway station Jetha 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 11 km
Nearest town Saktī 11 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 30 km

Villages closest to Deragarh

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

Common questions about Deragarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Deragarh village had a population of 2,749. That makes it the 9th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Deragarh village has 1,367 males and 1,382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deragarh has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Deragarh is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Deragarh covers 451.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Deragarh falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Deragarh is Jetha, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Deragarh.

Deragarh is about 30 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deragarh is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jetha is about 2.9 km away. Sakti is about 11 km away. Saktī is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lawsara (under 2 km), Charpara (under 2 km) and Ranigaon (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Deragarh today is likely to be higher.

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