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About Dervan Village

Dervan is a mid sized village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,364, made up of 678 males and 686 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 946 hectares hectares.

Dervan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dervan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Chiplun
Area (hectares) 946 hectares
Population 1,364
Male Population 678
Female Population 686
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dervan compares

By the 2011 count Dervan is the 59th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 946 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Getting to Dervan

Dervan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dervan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chiveli, Dadar, Dahivali Bk and Dahivali Kh. 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 Dervan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dervan village had a population of 1,364. That makes it the 59th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Dervan village has 678 males and 686 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dervan has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Dervan covers 946 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dervan falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Dervan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Dervan is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri 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 Dervan today is likely to be higher.

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