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Dera Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Dera is a medium size village located in Deodar Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 332 families residing. The Dera village has population of 1920 of which 1014 are males while 906 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dera village population of children with age 0-6 is 328 which makes up 17.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dera village is 893 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Dera as per census is 792, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Dera village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Dera village was 60.36 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Dera Male literacy stands at 75.57 % while female literacy rate was 43.76 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dera village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dera village.

Dera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,920 1,014 906
Child (0-6) 328 183 145
Schedule Caste 76 39 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.36 % 75.57 % 43.76 %
Total Workers 903 519 384
Main Worker 834 - -
Marginal Worker 69 19 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.96 % of total population in Dera village. The village Dera currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dera village out of total population, 903 were engaged in work activities. 92.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 903 workers engaged in Main Work, 351 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 218 were Agricultural labourer.