Deoghar district
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Vinony's link graph records 294 inbound references to Deoghar district, and connects out to Hindi, Bangla and Jharkhand.
The entry is geolocated on the map in JH.
It sits within the topics 1986 establishments in Bihar, Deoghar district and Districts of Jharkhand.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Jharkhand
- Division
- Santhal Pargana
- Established
- 15 November 2000
- Headquarters
- Deoghar
- Deputy commissioner
- Saurabh Kumar Bhuwania, ( IAS )
- Subdivisions
- Deoghar , Madhupur
- Cd blocks
- Deoghar , Devipur , Mohanpur , Sarwan , Sonaraithari , Madhupur , Sarath , Palojori , Karon , Margomunda
- Lok sabha constituencies
- 1. Dumka (shared with Dumka district ) 2. Godda (shared with Godda district )
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- 1. Deoghar , 2. Madhupur , 3. Sarath
- Total
- 2,478.61 km (957.00 sq mi)
- Density
- 601.980/km (1,559.12/sq mi)
- Urban
- 258,361
- Official
- Hindi
- Literacy
- 64.85%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- JH-15
- Hsac
- DE
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Santhal Pargana division
- Capital
- Deoghar
- Population
- 1492073
- Area
- 2478.61
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Jamui district
- Official website
- deoghar.nic.in
- Households
- 264347
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- topic's main category
- Category:Deoghar district
- male population
- 775022
- female population
- 717051
- urban population
- 258361
- rural population
- 1233712
- Commons category
- Deoghar district
- literate population
- 793538
- illiterate population
- 698535
- short name
- DGH
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Encyclopedic overview
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 Baidyanath Jyotirlinga shrine and is a part of the Santhal Pargana division. Deoghar is a Hindi word meaning abode ('ghar') of the Gods and Goddesses ('dev'). Deoghar is also known as "Baidyanath Dham", and "Baba Dham",.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deoghar district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.