About Deruan Village

Deruan is a mid sized village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 962, made up of 480 males and 482 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 640.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Deruan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deruan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Goilkera
Pincode	833103
Area (hectares)	640.44 hectares
Population	962
Male Population	480
Female Population	482
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Deruan compares

By the 2011 count Deruan is the 27th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 640.44 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1008.

Getting to Deruan

Deruan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Deruan 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Deruan from other places

Deruan lies about 35 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Derowan, about under 2 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 Deruan
Nearest railway station	Derowan	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goilkera	7.5 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	35 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	39 km

Villages closest to Deruan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Deruan village had a population of 962. That makes it the 27th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Deruan village has 480 males and 482 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deruan has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Deruan is 833103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Deruan covers 640.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Deruan falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Deruan is Derowan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Deruan.

Deruan is about 35 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deruan is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Derowan is about under 2 km away. Goilkera is about 7.5 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.