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About Demai Village

Demai is one of the larger villages in Bayad tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,958, made up of 4,618 males and 4,340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1908.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Demai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Demai village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Sabar Kantha
Tehsil Bayad
Pincode 383330
Area (hectares) 1908.56 hectares
Population 8,958
Male Population 4,618
Female Population 4,340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Demai compares

By the 2011 count Demai is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents. Its 1908.56 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Demai

Demai 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 Demai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Demai from other places

Demai lies about 96 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Demai, 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 Demai
Nearest railway station Demai under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bayad 7.5 km
Nearest town Kapadvanj 21 km
District headquarters Sabar Kantha 96 km

Villages closest to Demai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Demai village had a population of 8,958. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,550 residents.

Demai village has 4,618 males and 4,340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Demai has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Demai is 383330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Demai covers 1908.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Demai falls under Bayad tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Demai is Demai, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Demai is about 96 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Demai is in Bayad tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Demai is about under 2 km away. Bayad is about 7.5 km away. Kapadvanj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fata Dhirpura (2.8 km), Lank (3.1 km) and Mahadevpura (3.8 km).

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

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