Devhara

Devhara
Town
Devhara Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 23°10′00″N 81°34′33″E / 23.1666°N 81.5758°ECoordinates: 23°10′00″N 81°34′33″E / 23.1666°N 81.5758°E
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Anuppur
Government
• Type	Gram panchayat
• Body	Panchayat
Area
• Total	100 km^2 (40 sq mi)
Elevation	467 m (1,532 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	17,827
• Density	180/km^2 (460/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	MP65
Website	www.devhara.net

Devhara is a census town in Shahdol district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Devhara is also biggest gram panchayat in anuppur district. It is completely surrounded by coal mines. In Devhara there are many industrial plants like navbharat and dainik bhaskar which produce large quantity of dynamite. Devhara has large number of Brahmins family and some tribes like Baiga, Bhariya. Devhara contains Madhavnagar (the Basti), sanjay koyla nagar(colony), indra nagar, and geetagram.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Devhara had a population of 17,827. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Devhara has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76% and, female literacy is 69%. In Devhara, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

1. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.