Dewa Sharif or Dewa is a town and a

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Barabanki district Barabanki district is one of the five districts of Ayodhya division in the central Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Barabanki city is the administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. Total area of Barabanki district is 3891.5 Sq.&n ...

in the state of

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. It is famous for the shrine of Haji Waris Ali Shah. This town is also known by the name of Dewa Sharif in respect for the shrine. It is about 26 km north-east of the state capital

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. The

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formally recognises Dewa Sharif as a town with a linguistic minority population, where speakers of Urdu constitute 15 per cent or more of the local population. It was placed as one among the prominent sites in Heritage Arc of U.P.

Geography

Dewa
is located at . It has an average elevation of 137 metres (449 feet).

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Dewa had a total population of 15,662, of which 8,231 were males and 7,431 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,347. The total number of literates in Dewa was 7,967, which constituted 50.9% of the population with male literacy of 54.4% and female literacy of 47.0%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Dewa was 59.8%, of which male literacy rate was 63.9% and female literacy rate was 55.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 746 and 18 respectively. Dewa had 2485 households in 2011. As of the

2001 Census of India The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871. The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. The total population increased b ...

, Dewa had a population of 12,819. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Dewa had an average literacy rate of 45%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 51% and female literacy 38%. In Dewa, 17% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Administration

Block Panchayat Dewa

Block Panchayat Dewa Sharif has 67 Village Panchayats.Block Panchayats of BARABANKI,UTTAR PRADESH
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Road connectivity

Dewa Sharif is well connected to

, Fatehpur,

Barabanki Barabanki is a city and a municipal board in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Barabanki district and a part of Ayodhya division. The city is about 30 km east of Lu ...

, Suratganj, Kursi, Masauli and Cinhat via road.

Attractions

Dewa Sharif is notable for the shrine of Haji Waris Ali, a

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saint.

References

External links

{{Barabanki district Cities and towns in Barabanki district