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in the Indian state of

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. It is about north from the Haveri city in NH-4. Local language is

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. Total population of Devagiri is 8,826. Its sex ratio is 992 women for every 1000 men.

Etymology

Although there are no clear answers to the derivation, the most popular belief is that the hill in the village upon which the village's major deity Girimalleshwara is placed is the reason for the name Devagiri, where ''Deva'' means deity and ''Giri'' means hill.

Notable people

* Puttaraj Gawai was born here in 1914.

References

Villages in Haveri district {{Haveri-geo-stub