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About Biriya Derapur Village

Biriya Derapur is a mid sized village in Derapur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,809, made up of 1,018 males and 791 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 777 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.04 hectares hectares.

Biriya Derapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biriya Derapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Derapur
Area (hectares) 329.04 hectares
Population 1,809
Male Population 1,018
Female Population 791
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 777
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Biriya Derapur compares

By the 2011 count Biriya Derapur is the 52nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents. Its 329.04 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 862.

Getting to Biriya Derapur

Biriya Derapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Biriya Derapur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Biriya Derapur from other places

Biriya Derapur lies about 6.1 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Phaphund, about 11 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 Biriya Derapur
Tehsil headquarters Derapur 1.9 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 6.1 km
Nearest railway station Phaphund 11 km
Nearest town Jhīnjhak 18 km

Villages closest to Biriya Derapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Biriya Derapur village had a population of 1,809. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents.

Biriya Derapur village has 1,018 males and 791 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biriya Derapur has about 777 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 862.

Biriya Derapur covers 329.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Biriya Derapur falls under Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Biriya Derapur is Phaphund, about 11 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Biriya Derapur.

Biriya Derapur is about 6.1 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biriya Derapur is in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Derapur is about 1.9 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 6.1 km away. Phaphund is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palia (under 2 km), Sargaon Khurd (1.9 km) and Derapur (1.9 km).

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

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