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About Derasa Village

Derasa is a small village in Tyuni tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 153, made up of 81 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248199, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Derasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Derasa village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Tyuni
Pincode 248199
Area (hectares) 124 hectares
Population 153
Male Population 81
Female Population 72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
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 Derasa compares

By the 2011 count Derasa is the 72nd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 414 residents. Its 124 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Derasa

Derasa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Derasa 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. The nearest villages by name are Chatra, Chausal, Chhajar Hartad and Chhumara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Derasa

As per the Census of India 2011, Derasa village had a population of 153. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 414 residents.

Derasa village has 81 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Derasa has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Derasa is 248199. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Derasa covers 124 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Derasa falls under Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Derasa notes the nearest railway station 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 Derasa.

Derasa is in Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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