Deulgaon Raja

Deulgaon Raja
देऊळगाव राजा
दे.राजा
city
Nickname(s): Pratitirupati
Deulgaon Raja
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 20°01′N 76°17′E / 20.017°N 76.283°E / 20.017; 76.283Coordinates: 20°01′N 76°17′E / 20.017°N 76.283°E / 20.017; 76.283
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Buldhana
Government
 • Type Municipal Council(Nagar Palika)
 • Body Deulgaon Raja Municipal Council
 • President of Municipal Council. Sunita Shinde
 • Member of Legislative Assembly Dr.Shashikant Narsingrao Khedekar (Shiv Sena)
 • Vice-President of Municipal Council Pravin Zore
 • MP Prataprao Jadhav (Shiv Sena)
Area
 • Total 7.86 sq.km km2 (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 30,827
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code 07261
ISO 3166 code IN-MH
Vehicle registration MH-28

Deulgaon Raja is a city and a municipal council in Buldhana district in the state of Maharashtra, India.Deulgaon Raja is located at border of Vidarbha and Marathwada.Deulgaon Raja is also called as 'Pratitirupati' by Maharashtrian people.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[1] Deulgaon Raja had a population of 30,827. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Deulgaon Raja has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81.5% and, female literacy is 70%. In Deulgaon Raja, 13% of the population is under 6 years of ages. Deulgaon Raja is known for the temple of Balaji.

History

Balaji temple is very famous and it is among the popular religious places of Maharastra and more important is that it is in Deulgaon Raja. Balaji temple is famous for its own festival of "LALIT"(लळित). LALIT is the festival celebrated by all deulgaon rajakars. The big woods approximately of 30 feet 21 wooden trunks are arranged in line and have diameter of 1 feet. These trunks are worshiped by all devotees. That trunks are usually called as 'laata'(लाटा). The Sansthan handles the whole work and arrangement of mandir. It is called that the statue is found to Raje Jadhao. He propsed & created the temple. The area around the mandir is known as Baljai faras. The biggest festival of this town is Dashera and which is celebrated a day before main Dashera celebrated among whole INDIA. The god balaji's statue is kept in palakhi during the time of dashera & wandered around the old part of town (faras,malipura,amana river,durgapura,giroli vesh, jafrabad vesh,durgapura vesh,old-jalna road).

Religions in Deulgaon Raja
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 69%
Muslims
 
 19%
Buddhists
 
 8.6%
Christians
 
 1.4%
Jains
 
 1.7%
Others†
 
 0.3%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

References

  1. ↑ "Census of India: Search Details". Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-11-26.


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