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Welcome to Deoria
Deoria District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 2535.0 Km2
Population in Deoria (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 3098637
Male : 1539608
Female : 1559029

Under 6 population
Total : 445259
Male : 231842
Female : 213417

Census 2001
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 65497
In seeing : 39650
In speech : 5633
In hearing : 2294
In movement : 13596
Mental : 4324

 

 
Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 307
Sex Ratio Rank : 516
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 76 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 402 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD

Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
Deoria is a flood prone area. The 1998 floods caused mayhem and farmers faced lot of difficulties. Deoria is a very backward district, lot of development is required.
Illiteracy rate in Deoria is very high.
Women literacy rate is very pitiable.
Unemployment is also a big challenge that needs immediate solution.
Livelihood mostly depends on agriculture and other allied activities. Due to frequent floods even agriculture is at risk.
People in search of job migrate to other parts of the country. When they come back mostly people carry the virus of HIV / AIDS.

Brief About Deoria District
Current area of this district was a part of 'Koshal rajya'- a prime centre of ancient 'arya culture' surrounded by Himalaya in north, Shyandika river in south, 'Panchal rajya' in west & Maghadh  rajya in (Bihar) east.Besides many fictions related with this area, astro-historical fossils ('murtee',coins,bricks, temples,Budh math etc.) are found at many places of this district, showing that there was a developed &  organised society long long ago.Ancient history of the district is related with the Ramayan times when 'Koshal Naresh' lord Ram appointed his elder son 'Kush' , the king of Kushawati--which  is todays Kushinagar.Before Mahabharat times,this area was related with Chakravorty Samrat 'Mahasudtsan'& his kingdom 'kushinagar' was well developed & prosperous.Nearby to his rajya border   was the thick area woods 'Maha-van'.This area was under control of  Maurya rulers,Gupta rulers & Bhar rulers , and then  under  control of Gharwal ruler 'Govind Chandra'  from year -1114 to year- 1154.This area was under control of Avadh rulers or of Bihar Muslim rulers duringMedieval times,is not  very clear.There was little control of oldest Delhi rulers -- Sultan , Nizam or Khilji's on this region.There is no description of this area in east war/attack/invasion scripts by muslim historians meaningby muslim invaders would have seldom visited thick wood area of thisregion.Many places of this district played an important role in the modern history of this district.Important ones are-paina,baikuntpur,berhaj,lar,rudrapur,hata,kasia,gauribazar,kaptanganj,
udhopur,tamkuhi, basantpur dhoosi etc.Gandhiji addressed Deoria & Padrauna public meetings in 1920.Baba Raghav Das had started movement in april' 1930 regarding 'NamakMovement'.In 1931, there  were wide movement against government & landlords in this district.

Many more people joined Congress as volunteers & marched several places of the district.Sh.Purushottam Das Tondon in 1931 &  Rafi Ahmad Kidwai in 1935 visited different places of this district.

During Quit India Movement , as much as 580 people were sent behind the bar for different duration.Deoria District came into existence at March 16' 1946 from Gorakhpur district.

The name DEORIA is derived from 'Devaranya' or probably 'Devpuria' as believed. According to official gazzettes,the district name 'deoria' is taken by its headquarter name 'Deoria'  and the term deoria generally means a place where there are temples.Deoria name developed  by a fossil(broken) Shiva Temple by the side of 'kurna river' in its  northside. Kushinagar (Padrauna) district came into existence in 1994 ' MAY by separating north-east portion of Deoria district.
 
Voice of Deoria NGO
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From our database of 50 000 NGOs, we have randomly picked up NGOs for each district, so that we give opportunity for any NGO to share their concerns for the district.

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During 2013-14, we plan to talk to 3 to 5 NGOs from each district, including our set of recommended NGOs, to get an overall perspective of the challenges of the district.


NGO Database for this district
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FCRA NGOs (1 crore plus)*  
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