Devipur, Deoghar (village)

This article is about the village in Jharkhand, India. For its namesake community development block, see Devipur, Deoghar.

For other uses, see Devipur (disambiguation).

Devipur
Village
Devipur Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Devipur Devipur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°27′07″N86°30′26″E / 24.451944°N 86.507144°E / 24.451944; 86.507144
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Population  (2011)
• Total	199
Languages .(*For language details see Devipur, Deoghar#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	814152
Telephone/ STD code	06432
Lok Sabha constituency	Godda
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Madhupur
Website	deoghar.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

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Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Overview

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]

Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.

Area

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

Location

Devipur is located at 24°27′07″N86°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

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

Police station

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

CD block HQ

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

Education

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

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

References

1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. "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.