About Deriya Village

Deriya is a large village in Shergarh tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,055, made up of 1,059 males and 996 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Deriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deriya village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jodhpur
Tehsil	Shergarh
Pincode	342023
Area (hectares)	2136 hectares
Population	2,055
Male Population	1,059
Female Population	996
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Deriya compares

By the 2011 count Deriya is the 38th largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 2136 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Deriya

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

Deriya lies about 48 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Ajit, about 32 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 Deriya
Nearest railway station	Ajit	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shergarh	34 km
Nearest town	Balotra	45 km
District headquarters	Jodhpur	48 km

Villages closest to Deriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Deriya village had a population of 2,055. That makes it the 38th largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Deriya village has 1,059 males and 996 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deriya has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Deriya is 342023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Deriya covers 2136 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.

Deriya falls under Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Deriya is Ajit, about 32 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 Deriya.

Deriya is about 48 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deriya is in Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district. Ajit is about 32 km away. Shergarh is about 34 km away. Balotra is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.