Devagiri, Karnataka

Devagiri
village
Devagiri is located in Karnataka
Devagiri
Devagiri
Location in Karnataka, India
Devagiri is located in India
Devagiri
Devagiri
Devagiri (India)
Coordinates: 14°51′00″N 75°22′19″E / 14.850°N 75.372°E / 14.850; 75.372
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictHaveri
TalukHaveri
Government
 • BodyGram Panchayat
Area
 • Total
27.56 km2 (10.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
8,826
 • Density320/km2 (800/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
581 110[1]
Telephone code08375
ISO 3166 codeIN-KA
Vehicle registrationKA-27
Sex ratio (2011)992 ♀/1000 ♂
Websitehaveri.nic.in

Devagiri is the largest village in Haveri Taluk of Haveri district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is about 7.5 km (4.7 mi) north from the Haveri city in NH-4. Local language is Kannada.

Total population of Devagiri is 8,826.[2] Its sex ratio is 992 women for every 1000 men.[2]

Etymology

Although there are no clear answers to the derivation, the most popular belief is that the hill in the village upon which the village's major deity Girimalleshwara is placed is the reason for the name Devagiri, where Deva means deity and Giri means hill.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Devagiri pincode". pincode.net.in. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "District census handbook - Haveri" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
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