About Dera Village

Dera is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 32, made up of 15 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,133 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dera village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173215
Area (hectares)	49.25 hectares
Population	32
Male Population	15
Female Population	17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,133
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dera compares

By the 2011 count Dera is the 221st largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 49.25 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Dera

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

How far is Dera from other places

Dera lies about 27 km from Solan. 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 Dera
Nearest town	Shimla	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	22 km
District headquarters	Solan	27 km

Villages closest to Dera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dera village had a population of 32. That makes it the 221st largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Dera village has 15 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dera has about 1133 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Dera is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dera covers 49.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dera falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Dera notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Dera is about 27 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dera is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Shimla is about 12 km away. Kandaghat is about 22 km away. Solan is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.