Deobahal, also known as Debahal and Debabahal, is a village situated in Nuapada District (Khariar Block), Odisha, India. The word Deobahal consists of two parts, Deo, which means "Deva" or "God", and Bahal, which means "land". Thus the actual meaning of Deobahal is "God's land".
Budharaja is a forest. Thongo Pakhaan is at the hill top. Thongo Pakhaan is a rock cave with a height of about 100ft and a radius around 50ft. Pradhaani Pathar is a large parallel surface. Makar Chuaan is a small stream.
Chaka Dongor is another forest where NH 353 gone through. A temple is there called Chaka Dongren Gudi, where Maa Chaka Dongren is worshipped.
Tikhali Dam, 3km from Deobahal, is a major tourist attraction. Places to visit include Baba Jaleswar Temple, dam site, parks and gardens.
Education
Colleges:-
Khariar Junior College (8km)
Khariar Autonomous College (8km)
Women's College, Khariar (11km)
LCAT, Khariar (10km)
Parikhit Tiger Junior College, Khariar (9km)
Mahatma Gandhi Junior College, Chindaguda (13km)
Junior College, Komna (18km)
Degree College, Komna (18km)
Junior College, Boden (25km)
Biju Pattnaik Degree College, Boden (25km)
Overview
As per 2011 Census
Particulars
Total
Male
Female
Number of households
136
Total population
603
314
289
Total children (0–6)
98
52
46
Total SC population
128
66
62
Total ST population
278
144
134
Total literate population
73.27%
88.55%
56.79%
Worker population
217
171
46
Main worker population
163
Marginal workers
54
Females per 1000 males
920
Bus stand, Deobahal
Deobahal is a small village with a total of 136 families residing. Deobahal village has a population of 603, 314 of whom are males while 289 are females as per the Population Census of 2011. The population of children aged 0–6 is 98 which makes up 16.25% of the total population of the village. The average sex ratio of Debahal village is 920 which is lower than the Odisha state average of 979. The child sex ratio for the Deobahal as per census is 885, lower than Odisha average of 941. Debahal village has a higher literacy rate than Odisha. In 2011, the literacy rate of Deobahal village was 73.27% compared to 72.87% of Odisha. In Deobahal male literacy stoof at 88.55% while the female literacy rate was 56.79%. As per the constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Deobahal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Panchayat) with Ward Member who is the elected representative of the village.
Caste factor
In Debahal village, most of the population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). ST constitutes 46.10% while Schedule Caste (SC) were 21.23% of the total population.
Work profile
In Deobahal village out of the total population, 217 were engaged in work activities. 75.12% of workers described their work as main work (employment or earning for more than six months) while 24.88% were involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than six months. Of the 217 workers engaged in main work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were agricultural labourers.
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