Deoria, Uttar Pradesh

This article is about the municipality in Uttar Pradesh, India. For its namesake district, see Deoria district.

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 Bihar.

Deoria
City
Shyam Mandir Temple
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Coordinates: 26°30′06″N 83°46′46″E / 26.50167°N 83.77936°E / 26.50167; 83.77936
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Deoria
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Deoria Municipal Council
• Chairman of Municipality	Alka Singh
Elevation ^[1]	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
Government
• D.M.	Akhand Pratap Singh^[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

As 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

Religion in Deoria city (2011)^[6]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			87.77%
Islam			11.66%
Others			0.57%

As 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 Muslims (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

• Shakir Ali, politician and former cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh government.
• Virendra K Baranwal, academic, scientist and agricultural researcher^[7]
• Surya Pratap Shahi, politician and cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh government.
• Shalabh Mani Tripathi, politician and Member of legislative assembly from Deoria

References

1. "Census of India: Deoria". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
2. (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. "Who's Who | District Deoria, Government Of Uttar Pradesh | India". deoria.nic.in. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
4. "नवागत जिलाधिकारी ने किया पदभार ग्रहण". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
5. Census of India 2001. . Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
6. "C-01: Population by religious community". Office Of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner India. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
7. "Dr. V.K. Baranwal - Indian phytopathological Society". ipsdis.org.

External links

 

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