About Derma Village

Derma is a mid sized village in Bashant Rai tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,367, made up of 697 males and 670 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169 hectares hectares.

Derma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Bashant Rai
Area (hectares)	169 hectares
Population	1,367
Male Population	697
Female Population	670
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Derma compares

By the 2011 count Derma is the 27th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 169 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Derma

Derma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Derma as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Derma from other places

Derma lies about 17 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Punsia, about 16 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 Derma
Tehsil headquarters	Bashant Rai	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Punsia	16 km
District headquarters	Godda	17 km

Villages closest to Derma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bashant Rai 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 Derma

As per the Census of India 2011, Derma village had a population of 1,367. That makes it the 27th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Derma village has 697 males and 670 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derma has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

Derma covers 169 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Derma falls under Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Derma is Punsia, about 16 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Derma.

Derma is about 17 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derma is in Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district. Bashant Rai is about 4.6 km away. Punsia is about 16 km away. Godda is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.