Deulgaon Raja

Deulgaon Raja
city
Nickname:  Pratitirupati
Deulgaon Raja Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 20°01′N 76°17′E
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	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	8,600/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
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 municipal council in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra, India. The city is located at the border of Vidarbha and Marathwada and is also called Pratitirupati by the people of Maharashtra.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, 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	12633	11739	24372	-	67.742	23.531	0.213	0.025	4.965	3.340	0.185	0.000
2011	15954	14873	30827	0.265	64.713	25.478	0.308	0.182	6.008	3.247	0.000	0.065

History

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 arrange Yatraa 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.

External links

• https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/BULDHANA/places_Deulgaon%20Raja.html