Devipur is a village in
Devipur CD block in the
Deoghar subdivision
Deoghar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Santhal Pargana division in the state of Jharkhand, India.
History
As a result of the Santhal rebellion, Act XXXVII of 1855 was passed by the British Raj, and a se ...
of the
Deoghar district
Deoghar district (pronounced, ''Devo ka ghar'') is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Deoghar, the central city of the district, is also its administrative headquarters. This district is known for the Baidyanat ...
in the
India
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state
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of
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
.
Geography
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.
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 .
Location
Devipur is located at .
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).
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).
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Civic administration
Police station
There is a police station at Devipur village.
CD block HQ
Headquarters of Devipur CD block is at Devipur village.
Education
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or KGBV is a residential girls’ secondary school run by the Government of India for the weaker sections in India.
History
The plan was introduced by the Government of India in August 2004. It was then integr ...
, Devipur, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2005. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.
The English-medium DAV Public School at Kendua was established in 2013 and as of 2020 is functioning from class I to class VIII.
Healthcare
The prestigious AIIMs
The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. These institutes ha ...
, Deoghar, has been set up at Devipur.
References
{{Santhal Parganas Division
Villages in Deoghar district