About Dera Village

Dera is a mid sized village in Thanagazi tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,185, made up of 639 males and 546 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dera village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Thanagazi
Pincode	301022
Area (hectares)	223 hectares
Population	1,185
Male Population	639
Female Population	546
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dera compares

By the 2011 count Dera is the 68th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,432 residents. Its 223 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 911.

Getting to Dera

Dera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dera as Available within village. 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 Dera from other places

Dera lies about 10 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Parisal, about 4.2 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 Dera
Nearest railway station	Parisal	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanagazi	10 km
District headquarters	Alwar	10 km

Villages closest to Dera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dera village had a population of 1,185. That makes it the 68th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,432 residents.

Dera village has 639 males and 546 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dera has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Dera is 301022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dera covers 223 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dera falls under Thanagazi tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Dera is Parisal, about 4.2 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 village for Dera.

Dera is about 10 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dera is in Thanagazi tehsil of Alwar district. Parisal is about 4.2 km away. Thanagazi is about 10 km away. Alwar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.