| Voice of Deoria : Paresh
Nath
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.
Deoria District
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
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 65497
In seeing : 39650
In speech : 5633
In hearing : 2294
In movement : 13596
Mental : 4324
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
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
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.
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