About Derwa Village

Derwa is a small village in Padwa tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 20 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 441 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Derwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Padwa
Pincode	822123
Area (hectares)	441 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	20
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
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 Derwa compares

By the 2011 count Derwa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents. Its 441 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Derwa

Derwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Derwa 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 Derwa from other places

Derwa lies about 24 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 5.7 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 Derwa
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	5.7 km
Nearest town	Gumia	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Padwa	24 km
District headquarters	Palamu	24 km

Villages closest to Derwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Derwa village had a population of 35. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents.

Derwa village has 20 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derwa has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Derwa is 822123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Derwa covers 441 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Derwa falls under Padwa tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Derwa is Dumri Bihar, about 5.7 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 Derwa.

Derwa is about 24 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derwa is in Padwa tehsil of Palamu district. Dumri Bihar is about 5.7 km away. Gumia is about 11 km away. Padwa is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.