About Derkha Village

Derkha is a mid sized village in Isagarh tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,383, made up of 733 males and 650 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 892 hectares hectares.

Derkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derkha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Isagarh
Area (hectares)	892 hectares
Population	1,383
Male Population	733
Female Population	650
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Derkha compares

By the 2011 count Derkha is the 35th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 892 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Derkha

Derkha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Derkha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Derkha from other places

Derkha lies about 15 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratikheda, about 14 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 Derkha
Nearest railway station	Ratikheda	14 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Isagarh	23 km

Villages closest to Derkha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Derkha village had a population of 1,383. That makes it the 35th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Derkha village has 733 males and 650 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derkha has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Derkha covers 892 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Derkha falls under Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Derkha is Ratikheda, about 14 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 village for Derkha.

Derkha is about 15 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derkha is in Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Ratikheda is about 14 km away. Ashoknagar is about 15 km away. Isagarh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.