Deulgaon Raja | |
|---|---|
city | |
| Nickname: Pratitirupati | |
| Coordinates:20°01′N76°17′E / 20.017°N 76.283°E /20.017; 76.283 | |
| Country | |
| 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 | Manoj Kayande (NCP) |
| • Vice-President of Municipal Council | Pravin Zore |
| • MP | Prataprao Jadhav (Shiv Sena) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.86 km2 (3.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 67,827 |
| • Density | 8,630/km2 (22,400/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 443204 |
| Telephone code | 07261 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-MH |
| Vehicle registration | MH-28 |
Deulgaon Raja is a city andmunicipal council in theBuldhana district ofMaharashtra,India. The city is located at the border of Vidarbha and Marathwada and is also calledPratitirupati by the people of Maharashtra.
As of 2011[update] Indiacensus,[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.
| Year | Male | Female | Total Population | Change | Religion (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Sikhs | Buddhist | Jain | Other religions and persuasions | Religion not stated | |||||
| 2001[2] | 12633 | 11739 | 24372 | - | 67.742 | 23.531 | 0.213 | 0.025 | 4.965 | 3.340 | 0.185 | 0.000 |
| 2011[3] | 15954 | 14873 | 30827 | 0.265 | 64.713 | 25.478 | 0.308 | 0.182 | 6.008 | 3.247 | 0.000 | 0.065 |
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Balaji temple is among the popular religious places of Maharastra and more important is that it is in Deulgaon Raja. Balaji temple has its own festival of "Lalit", celebrated by all Deulgaon Rajakars. The big woods approximately of 30 feet 21 wooden trunks are arranged in line and have diameter of 1 foot. These trunks are worshiped by all devotees. That trunks are usually called as 'laata'. The Sansthan handles the whole work and arrangement of mandir. It is called that the statue is found to Raje Jadhao. He proposed and 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. It is an auspicious day for all the devotees. Many devotees come a day before the ritual of falling of laata. Its the ritual which occurs in very early morning.when laata falls down from that day second festival starts Like dipawali. For dipawali in deulgaon raja all deulgaonkers arrangeYatraa for all tourist who come from out of indian. Out of Maharashtra. Out of buldhana. We welcome all of the with love. The yatra goes till one month.
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