About Derhgawan Village

Derhgawan is a large village in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,147, made up of 2,206 males and 1,941 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 510.77 hectares hectares.

Derhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derhgawan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Tehsil	Zamania
Area (hectares)	510.77 hectares
Population	4,147
Male Population	2,206
Female Population	1,941
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Derhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Derhgawan is the 45th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 510.77 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Derhgawan

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

Derhgawan lies about 10 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Nagsar Halt, about 5.4 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 Derhgawan
Nearest railway station	Nagsar Halt	5.4 km
District headquarters	Ghazipur	10 km
Nearest town	Ghazīpur	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Zamania	18 km

Villages closest to Derhgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Derhgawan village had a population of 4,147. That makes it the 45th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Derhgawan village has 2,206 males and 1,941 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derhgawan has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Derhgawan covers 510.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Derhgawan falls under Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Derhgawan is Nagsar Halt, about 5.4 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 village and private bus service as Available for Derhgawan.

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

Derhgawan is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Nagsar Halt is about 5.4 km away. Ghazipur is about 10 km away. Ghazīpur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.