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About Derawali Village

Derawali is a mid sized village in Panvel tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,205, made up of 643 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.57 hectares hectares.

Derawali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derawali village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Panvel
Area (hectares) 90.57 hectares
Population 1,205
Male Population 643
Female Population 562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Derawali compares

By the 2011 count Derawali is the 73rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 90.57 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Derawali

Derawali 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 Derawali as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chirvat, Dahivali, Dapiwali and Dapoli. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Derawali

As per the Census of India 2011, Derawali village had a population of 1,205. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Derawali village has 643 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derawali has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Derawali covers 90.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Derawali falls under Panvel tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Derawali notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Derawali.

Derawali is in Panvel tehsil of Raigarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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