What is "dera"

Dera or Dehra is a Saraiki-language word meaning camp or settlement. In Punjabi, it is usually used as a place where men meet and socialize in the village.

Towns in Pakistan with Dera in their names.

• Dera Allah Yar
• Dera Bugti District
• Dera Bugti
• Dera Dildar
• Dera Ghazi Khan District
• Dera Ghazi Khan Division
• Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport
• Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil
• Dera Ghazi Khan
• Dera Ismail Khan Airport
• Dera Ismail Khan District
• Dera Ismail Khan Division
• Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil
• Dera Ismail Khan
• Dera Murad Jamali
• FR Dera Ismael Khan
• Saddar Dera Bugti

Towns in India with Dera in their names.

• Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur, Punjab
• Dehradun, capital of Uttarakhand
• Dehra, Himachal
• Derasar a term for a Jain temple

Places in Iran named Dera or Dehra.

• Dera, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
• Dera, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
• Dehra, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran

Religious sects:

• Dera Sacha Sauda, a sect at Sirsa, Haryana, India
• Dera Sach Khand, Jalandhar, Punjab