About Derol Village

Derol is a large village in Himatnagar tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,043, made up of 1,594 males and 1,449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1699.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Derol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derol village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Sabar Kantha
Tehsil	Himatnagar
Pincode	383220
Area (hectares)	1699.93 hectares
Population	3,043
Male Population	1,594
Female Population	1,449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Derol compares

By the 2011 count Derol is the 19th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,790 residents. Its 1699.93 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Derol

Derol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Derol 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Derol from other places

Derol lies about 54 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Vijapur, about 9.8 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 Derol
Nearest town	Vijāpur	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Vijapur	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Himatnagar	13 km
District headquarters	Sabar Kantha	54 km

Villages closest to Derol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Derol village had a population of 3,043. That makes it the 19th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,790 residents.

Derol village has 1,594 males and 1,449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derol has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Derol is 383220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Derol covers 1699.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Derol falls under Himatnagar tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Derol is Vijapur, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Derol is about 54 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derol is in Himatnagar tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Vijāpur is about 9.3 km away. Vijapur is about 9.8 km away. Himatnagar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.