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About Derna Village

Derna is a mid sized village in Abu Road tehsil, in the district of Sirohi, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 962, made up of 507 males and 455 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 307026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Derna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derna village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Sirohi
Tehsil Abu Road
Pincode 307026
Area (hectares) 169.18 hectares
Population 962
Male Population 507
Female Population 455
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Derna compares

By the 2011 count Derna is the 57th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,667 residents. Its 169.18 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 937.

Getting to Derna

Derna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Derna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Derna from other places

Derna lies about 42 km from Sirohi, and the nearest railway station is Kivarli, about 3.1 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 Derna
Nearest railway station Kivarli 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Abu Road 6.5 km
Nearest town Ābu Road 6.5 km
District headquarters Sirohi 42 km

Villages closest to Derna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Abu Road 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 Derna

As per the Census of India 2011, Derna village had a population of 962. That makes it the 57th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,667 residents.

Derna village has 507 males and 455 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derna has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Derna is 307026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Derna covers 169.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Derna falls under Abu Road tehsil of Sirohi district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Derna is Kivarli, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Derna.

Derna is about 42 km from Sirohi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derna is in Abu Road tehsil of Sirohi district. Kivarli is about 3.1 km away. Abu Road is about 6.5 km away. Ābu Road is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Upala Derna (under 2 km), Toonka (under 2 km) and Bhakyorji (under 2 km).

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

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