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About Derasaidan Village

Derasaidan is a mid sized village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 767, made up of 420 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144626, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Derasaidan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derasaidan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi
Pincode 144626
Area (hectares) 232.67 hectares
Population 767
Male Population 420
Female Population 347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 826
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 Derasaidan compares

By the 2011 count Derasaidan is the 45th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 232.67 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Derasaidan

The census records public bus service for Derasaidan 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Derasaidan from other places

Derasaidan lies about 20 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 9.8 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 Derasaidan
Nearest railway station Malsian Shahkot 9.8 km
Nearest town Nakodar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sultanpur Lodhi 17 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 20 km

Villages closest to Derasaidan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sultanpur Lodhi 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.

Common questions about Derasaidan

As per the Census of India 2011, Derasaidan village had a population of 767. That makes it the 45th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Derasaidan village has 420 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derasaidan has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Derasaidan is 144626. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Derasaidan covers 232.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Derasaidan falls under Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Derasaidan is Malsian Shahkot, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Derasaidan.

Derasaidan is about 20 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derasaidan is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. Malsian Shahkot is about 9.8 km away. Nakodar is about 12 km away. Sultanpur Lodhi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mand Fatehpur (2.5 km), Gobindgarh (4.7 km) and Baoopur Kadim (4.8 km).

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

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