Deoria is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five tehsils of the Deoria district. Deoria is located 45 km east of Gorakhpur and about 317 km from the state capital Lucknow. It shares its eastern border with the Indian state of Bihar.
Deoria | |
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City | |
 Shyam Mandir Temple | |
  Deoria Location in Uttar Pradesh, India  Deoria Deoria (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°30′06″N 83°46′46″E / 26.50167°N 83.77936°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Deoria |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Deoria Municipal Council |
| • Chairman of Municipality | Alka Singh |
| Elevation | 68 m (223 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 129,479 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[2] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[2] |
| • Regional | Bhojpuri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 274001 |
| Telephone code | 05568 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-52 |
| Website | Official Website |
District Officers | |
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| Government | |
| • D.M. | Divya Mital[3][4] |
| • A.D.M(F/R) | Umesh Kumar Mangala[3] |
| • A.D.M(E) | Rakesh Kumar Patel |
| • S.P. | Shripati Mishra |
| • CDO | Shivsharnappa GN |
Demographics
editAs of 2011 Indian Census, Deoria had a total population of 129,479, of which 67,462 were males and 62,017 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 14,779. The total number of literates in Deoria was 99,562, which constituted 76.9% of the population with male literacy of 81.1% and female literacy of 72.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Deoria was 86.8%, of which male literacy rate was 91.6% and female literacy rate was 81.6%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 8,177 and 2,228 respectively. Deoria had 20076 households in 2011.[1]
According to the 2001 census Deoria had 104,222 inhabitants (54,737 men, 49,485 women).[5]
Religion
editAs of 2011, Hinduism is largest religion in Deoria city with 113,640 Hindus (87.77%). Islam is second largest religion in Deoria with 15,098 Muslim (11.66%). Other religions includes 259 Sikhs (0.2%), 177 Christians (0.14%), 110 Buddhists (0.08%), 23 Jains (0.02%), 6 did Others (<0.01%) and 166 did not answer (0.13%).[6]
Notable people
edit- Shakir Ali, politician and former cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh government.
- Devraha Baba, Indian Siddha Yogi
- Virendra K Baranwal, academic, scientist and agricultural researcher[7]
- Surya Pratap Shahi, politician and cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh government.
- Mohan Singh, politician and member ofparliament from Deoria
- Shalabh Mani Tripathi, politician and Member of legislative assembly from Deoria
References
edit- ^ a b "Census of India: Deoria". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Who's Who | District Deoria, Government Of Uttar Pradesh | India". deoria.nic.in. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "नवागत जिलाधिकारी ने किया पदभार ग्रहण". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Census of India 2001. "Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities/Towns (in alphabetic order): 2001". Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "C-01: Population by religious community". Office Of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner India. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Dr. V.K. Baranwal - Indian phytopathological Society". ipsdis.org.
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