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About Derang Village

Derang is a mid sized village in Dhalbhumgarh tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,100, made up of 531 males and 569 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Derang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derang village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Dhalbhumgarh
Pincode 832302
Area (hectares) 408 hectares
Population 1,100
Male Population 531
Female Population 569
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,072
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Derang compares

By the 2011 count Derang is the 16th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 408 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Derang

The census records public bus service for Derang as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chirugora, Choira, Daksinabad and Dangra. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Derang

As per the Census of India 2011, Derang village had a population of 1,100. That makes it the 16th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Derang village has 531 males and 569 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derang has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Derang is 832302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Derang covers 408 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Derang falls under Dhalbhumgarh tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Derang notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Derang.

Derang is in Dhalbhumgarh tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Derang today is likely to be higher.

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