About Derli Village

Derli is a mid sized village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 850, made up of 460 males and 390 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Derli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derli village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184203
Area (hectares)	306 hectares
Population	850
Male Population	460
Female Population	390
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Derli compares

By the 2011 count Derli is the 61st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 306 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Derli

Derli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Derli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Derli from other places

Derli lies about 28 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chhan Arorian, about 18 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 Derli
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	16 km
Nearest railway station	Chhan Arorian	18 km
District headquarters	Kathua	28 km

Villages closest to Derli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Derli village had a population of 850. That makes it the 61st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Derli village has 460 males and 390 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derli has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Derli is 184203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Derli covers 306 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Derli falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Derli is Chhan Arorian, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Derli is about 28 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derli is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Billawar is about 16 km away. Chhan Arorian is about 18 km away. Kathua is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.