About Derasa Village

Derasa is a mid sized village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,186, made up of 607 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.65 hectares hectares.

Derasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derasa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Chanderi
Area (hectares)	491.65 hectares
Population	1,186
Male Population	607
Female Population	579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Derasa compares

By the 2011 count Derasa is the 41st largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 491.65 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Derasa

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

How far is Derasa from other places

Derasa lies about 23 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Piprai Gaon, about 4.7 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 Derasa
Nearest railway station	Piprai Gaon	4.7 km
Nearest town	Mungaoli	21 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanderi	26 km

Villages closest to Derasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Derasa village had a population of 1,186. That makes it the 41st largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Derasa village has 607 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derasa has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Derasa covers 491.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Derasa falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Derasa is Piprai Gaon, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Derasa is about 23 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derasa is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Piprai Gaon is about 4.7 km away. Mungaoli is about 21 km away. Ashoknagar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.