Deucha | |
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Village | |
  Deucha Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Deucha Deucha (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:24°02′48″N87°34′56″E / 24.0466°N 87.5822°E /24.0466; 87.5822 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 731132 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Birbhum |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | sainthia (SC) |
| Website | birbhum |
Deucha is a village and agram panchayat inMohammad Bazar CD Block inSuri Sadar subdivision ofBirbhum district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
According to a 1845 government data, there had 30chullis i.e. iron melting furnaces existed at Deucha. In 1855, Mackcey and Co. established Birbhum Iron Works Company and in 1875 Messers Burn and co. had done the same job there.[1]There are many old decorated bricks found every where, which shows old glory of Deucha.
Salui is a Hindu workers caste who are living at Deucha. Saluis were the head of 'saal' i.e. home-made iron-furnace. Sontsaal is a nearby village where Muslim 'saal' workers had lived.[2]
At the time ofKing Ram Pal, Deucha was under 'Kujabati' state.[3]
Deucha consists of agram panchayat, 'Deucha Gram Panchayat'. The name Deucha is a mysterious word. Deucha has its burnt soil and a lot of signs of previous iron ore melting industry.
The village is situated near theDwarka River. An eco park is situated at Deucha on the bank ofDwarka River near Sahapara.Deucha barrage is situated on the Dwarka river with a capacity of 1,400 acre-feet (1,700,000 m3).[4]
As per the2011 Census of India, Deucha had a total population of 1,772 of which 894 (50%) were males and 878 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 266. The total number of literates in Deucha was 1,066 (70.78% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Deucha Pachami coal block is to be developed by Bengal Birbhum Coal Company Limited.[6][7]
Government ofIndia has allocated 17 coal blocks with estimated reserves of 85,000 million tonnes of coal to public sector undertakings under MMDR act.Deucha Pachami coal block is estimated about 9.7 km2.[8]
NH 14 (old no. NH 60) passes beside Deucha. There is an old laterite road connecting Deucha with 'Boliharpur' and then withJharkhand.[9]Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu andMahavir had walked through this road.
Ram Navami is held at SaluiparaRamji temple.PoushSankranti fair is held at Dwarbasini near Deucha.Ratha yatra fair is held at Deucha rathtala. Every year duringRam navami, the song ofRamayana and kirtana are performed. ThisRamji temple was established by Sitaram Das Mohanta, a saint probably fromUttar Pradesh, and the first priest of the temple was Satkari Bandopadhaya from nearbyChondrapur village.
Dharma pujo is held at Deucha on the occasion ofBuddha Purnima.[10]
Every year atMakar Sankranti a one-day fair is held atDwarbasini-temple nearChondrapur.
There are many ruinedShiva temples near Sahapara. Some of these temples were reconstructed by Ananta Majumdar, a former policeman with the help of other people.[11]
Near Deucha there is aJain religious place "Jogi Pahari Tirth" whereBhagwan Mahavir stayed for three night because of serious illness by snake bite. Many pilgrims come here from around the world.[12]
