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Devipur
Village
Location in Jharkhand, India
Devipur is located in India
Devipur
Devipur
Devipur (India)
Coordinates: 24°27′07″N 86°30′26″E / 24.451944°N 86.507144°E / 24.451944; 86.507144
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictDeoghar
Population
 (2011)
 • Total199
Languages .(*For language details see Devipur, Deoghar#Language and religion)
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
814152
Telephone/ STD code06432
Lok Sabha constituencyGodda
Vidhan Sabha constituencyMadhupur
Websitedeoghar.nic.in

Devipur is a village in Devipur CD block in the Deoghar subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Overview[edit | edit source]

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[1]

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Area[edit | edit source]

Pathria has an area of 158 hectares (390 acres).[2]

Location[edit | edit source]

Devipur is located at 24°27′07″N 86°30′26″E / 24.451944°N 86.507144°E / 24.451944; 86.507144.

In the map of Devipur CD block in the District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Devipur is shown as being part of Pathria mouza (MDDS PLCN - 212).[3]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Pathria had a total population of 199, of which 108 (54%) were males and 91 (46%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 28. The total number of literate persons in Pathria was 171 (69.59% of the population over 6 years).[2]

Civic administration[edit | edit source]

Police station[edit | edit source]

There is a police station at Devipur village.[4]

CD block HQ[edit | edit source]

Headquarters of Devipur CD block is at Devipur village.[5]

Education[edit | edit source]

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Devipur, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2005. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[6]

The English-medium DAV Public School at Kendua was established in 2013 and as of 2020 is functioning from class I to class VIII.[7]

Healthcare[edit | edit source]

The prestigious AIIMs, Deoghar, has been set up at Devipur.[8][9][10]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 109, Map of Devipur CD block. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. "District Police Profile - Deoghar". Jharkhand Police. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Deoghar on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. "KGBV Devipur". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. "DAV Public School Devipur". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. "AIIMS, Deoghar". AIIMS. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. "Cabinet clears new AIIMS in Jharkhand, Central Varsity for AP". The Week, 16 May 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  10. "Venue pinch in AIIMS joy". The Telegraph, 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2020.