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About Derisanamcope Village

Derisanamcope is one of the larger villages in Thovala tehsil, in the district of Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,803, made up of 2,899 males and 2,904 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1886.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 629851, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Derisanamcope Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derisanamcope village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kanniyakumari
Tehsil Thovala
Pincode 629851
Area (hectares) 1886.13 hectares
Population 5,803
Male Population 2,899
Female Population 2,904
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Derisanamcope compares

By the 2011 count Derisanamcope is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,208 residents. Its 1886.13 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Derisanamcope

Derisanamcope is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Derisanamcope as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Derisanamcope from other places

Derisanamcope lies about 24 km from Kanniyakumari, and the nearest railway station is Tovalai, about 9.6 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 Derisanamcope
Nearest railway station Tovalai 9.6 km
Nearest town Aramboli 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Thovala 24 km
District headquarters Kanniyakumari 24 km

Villages closest to Derisanamcope

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Derisanamcope village had a population of 5,803. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,208 residents.

Derisanamcope village has 2,899 males and 2,904 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derisanamcope has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Derisanamcope is 629851. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Derisanamcope covers 1886.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Derisanamcope falls under Thovala tehsil of Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Derisanamcope is Tovalai, about 9.6 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 <5 km distance for Derisanamcope.

Derisanamcope is about 24 km from Kanniyakumari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derisanamcope is in Thovala tehsil of Kanniyakumari district. Tovalai is about 9.6 km away. Aramboli is about 9.6 km away. Thovala is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chiramadam (under 2 km), Azhagiapandipuram (1.5 km) and Esanthimangalam (3.9 km).

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

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