# Derang Village, Torpa, Khunti (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Torpa, Khunti 

# Derang

Derang is a village in Torpa sub-district of Khunti district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **811 people in 129 households**, the 36th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.6%.

- 811people (2011)
- 129households
- 81.5%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Derang PIN code and other codes

Derang falls in Torpa sub-district, Khunti district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatPhatka
- Community development blockTorpa
- Census village code374942

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Derang from nearby towns?

- Torpa (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Khunti (district HQ)50 km by road
- Khunti (nearest town)48 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Derang?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Derang; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Torpa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Khunti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Derang known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 6% of the 816 hectares of village land is sown, and 188 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Derang

Of every 100 households in Derang in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Derang · ■ Torpa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****83%**

**33%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Derang?

■ Derang · ■ Torpa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**69.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**1010

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1245**

**990

Working population ****52.4%**

**43.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 73.8% for women. 56% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 191 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (5%) · **■** Marginal 201 (47%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Torpa

- Gutuhatu921 people
- Gopla902 people
- Nichitpur838 people
- Jhatnitola820 people
- Tirla786 people
- Saradkela775 people
- Kanakloiya772 people
- Jagu767 people

[All 94 villages in Torpa](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/khunti/torpa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Derang from Khunti?50 km by road
- What is the population of Derang?811 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Derang in?Khunti district (Torpa sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Derang?81.5% (Census 2011)