About Derda Village

Derda is a mid sized village in Samudrapur tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 506, made up of 259 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 484.45 hectares hectares.

Derda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Tehsil	Samudrapur
Area (hectares)	484.45 hectares
Population	506
Male Population	259
Female Population	247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Derda compares

By the 2011 count Derda is the 73rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 484.45 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Derda

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

Derda lies about 26 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Tuljapur, about 13 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 Derda
Nearest railway station	Tuljapur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samudrapur	14 km
Nearest town	Hinganghāt	16 km
District headquarters	Wardha	26 km

Villages closest to Derda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Derda village had a population of 506. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Derda village has 259 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derda has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Derda covers 484.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Derda falls under Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Derda is Tuljapur, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Derda.

Derda is about 26 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derda is in Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district. Tuljapur is about 13 km away. Samudrapur is about 14 km away. Hinganghāt is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.