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About Derora Village

Derora is a mid sized village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,003, made up of 514 males and 489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.94 hectares hectares.

Derora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derora village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Chakia
Area (hectares) 111.94 hectares
Population 1,003
Male Population 514
Female Population 489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 951
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Derora compares

By the 2011 count Derora is the 137th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 111.94 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Derora

Derora is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Derora as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Derora from other places

Derora lies about 32 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Kailahat, about 8.8 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 Derora
Nearest railway station Kailahat 8.8 km
Nearest town Ahraura 9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakia 22 km
District headquarters Chandauli 32 km

Villages closest to Derora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Derora village had a population of 1,003. That makes it the 137th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Derora village has 514 males and 489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derora has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 926.

Derora covers 111.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Derora falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Derora is Kailahat, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Derora.

Derora is about 32 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Derora is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Kailahat is about 8.8 km away. Ahraura is about 9.3 km away. Chakia is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rukunpur (1.8 km), Barbaspur (2.4 km) and Shripur (3.6 km).

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

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