About Derang Village

Derang is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 811, made up of 399 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 815.79 hectares hectares.

Derang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Area (hectares)	815.79 hectares
Population	811
Male Population	399
Female Population	412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Derang compares

By the 2011 count Derang is the 36th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 815.79 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Derang

Derang is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Derang as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Derang from other places

Derang lies about 29 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 19 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 Derang
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	11 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	19 km
District headquarters	Khunti	29 km

Villages closest to Derang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Derang village had a population of 811. That makes it the 36th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Derang village has 399 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derang has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Derang covers 815.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Derang falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Derang is Pakra, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Derang.

Derang is about 29 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derang is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 11 km away. Pakra is about 19 km away. Khunti is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.