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About Deorai Village

Deorai is a mid sized village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,763, made up of 890 males and 873 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250.35 hectares hectares.

Deorai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deorai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Kerakat
Area (hectares) 250.35 hectares
Population 1,763
Male Population 890
Female Population 873
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Deorai compares

By the 2011 count Deorai is the 125th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 250.35 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Deorai

Deorai 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 Deorai as Available. 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 Deorai from other places

Deorai lies about 32 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Pindra Road Railway Station, about under 2 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 Deorai
Nearest railway station Pindra Road Railway Station under 2 km
Nearest town Varanasi 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Kerakat 32 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 32 km

Villages closest to Deorai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Deorai village had a population of 1,763. That makes it the 125th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Deorai village has 890 males and 873 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deorai has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1071.

Deorai covers 250.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Deorai falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Deorai is Pindra Road Railway Station, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Deorai.

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

Deorai is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Pindra Road Railway Station is about under 2 km away. Varanasi is about 26 km away. Kerakat is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarai (under 2 km), Belhari (6.3 km) and Bhaupur (6.4 km).

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

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