https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=DeobandDeoband - Revision history2026-07-31T01:27:25ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Deoband&diff=451013&oldid=prevBharatprspecialist at 11:14, 8 March 20262026-03-08T11:14:49Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Town in Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
{{For|the Islamic movement|Deobandi}}<br />
{{More citations needed|date=February 2017}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}<br />
<!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details -->{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Deoband<br />
| official_name = <br />
| other_name = <br />
| settlement_type = Town<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_skyline = Darul Uloom Deoband.jpg<br />
| image_size = 310<br />
| image_caption = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]<br />
| nickname = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
| map_caption = <br />
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = <br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|29.692|N|77.677|E|region:IN-UP_type:city|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Saharanpur district|Saharanpur]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = Nagar Palika parishad Deoband<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 256<br />
| population_total = 97037<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/><br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_demonym = Deobandi<br />
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=18 February 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><br />
| demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/><br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = 247554<br />
| area_code = 01336<br />
| registration_plate = UP-11<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
'''Deoband''' is a town and a [[municipality]] in [[Saharanpur district]] in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]], about 150 km (93 miles) from [[Delhi]]. [[Darul Uloom Deoband]], an [[Islam]]ic seminary and one of the largest Islamic institutions of India is located there.<ref name="Census2011Gov"/><br />
<br />
== Etymology ==<br />
The native [[Hindustani language|Hindi-Urdu]] name for the place is "Devband". According to one theory, it derives from "[[devi]]" (goddess) and "van" (forest), when this place was full of forests in the [[Mahabharata]]-era. A related argument is that it is derived from "devi" and "vandan" (praise), referring to the local [[Durga]] temples.<ref>{{Cite news |title=देवबंद का नाम बदलना कितना आसान? |language=hi |work=[[BBC Hindi]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-39304337 |access-date=2022-10-14}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-03-26 |title=Changing the Name of Deoband Will Not Have Any Impact on Darul-Uloom, Mr MLA |url=https://www.urdumediamonitor.com/2017/03/26/changing-name-deoband-will-not-impact-darul-uloom-mr-mla/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Urdu Media Monitor |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
<br />
An apocryphal legend states that it gets its name from [[daeva]] (demon) and band (imprison), the story being that prophet [[Solomon in Islam|Suleiman]] had imprisoned wicked demons here.<ref name=":0" /><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The 16th century [[Bhakti]] saint [[Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu|Shri Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu]] and the founder of the [[Radha Vallabha Sampradaya|Radhavallabh Sampradaya]] of [[Vaishnavism]] based in [[Vrindavan]], lived in Deoband before his renunciation. He also established a temple here, dedicated to Radha-Krishna and named it "Radha-Navrangilal".<ref>{{cite web |title=Deoband witness of childhood days of Sri Harivansh Mahaprabhu |url=https://www.radhavallabh.com/deoband.html |website=www.radhavallabh.com |access-date=20 August 2020}}</ref><br />
<br />
Deoband is listed in the [[Ain-i-Akbari]] as a [[pargana]] under [[Saharanpur]] [[sarkar (administrative division)|sarkar]], producing a revenue of 6,477,977 [[dam (Indian coin)|dam]]s for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 60 cavalry. It had a brick fort at the time.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak |url=http://archive.org/details/ainiakbarivolum00mubgoog |title=The Ain I Akbari |last2=Blochmann |first2=H. (Henry) |date=1873 |publisher=Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal |others=Harvard University |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref><br />
<br />
The [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] learning centre was established on 21 May 1866 by [[Fazlur Rahman Usmani]], [[Sayyid Muhammad Abid]], [[Muhammad Qasim Nanotawi]], [[Usmani family of Deoband#Shaykh Fateh Ali|Mehtab Ali]], [[Usmani family of Deoband#Karamat Hussain|Nehal Ahmad]] and [[Usmani family of Deoband#Karamat Hussain|Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Muḥammad Miyan Deobandi |author1-link=Muhammad Miyan Deobandi |title=Ulama-e-Haq ke mujāhidāna kārnāme |publisher=Faisal Publications |location=New Delhi |pages=44–47 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Roshen Dalal |title=The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths |date=2014 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=9788184753967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=87k0AwAAQBAJ&q=darul+uloom+deoband+30+may&pg=PT381 |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/english/aboutdarululoom/introduction.htm|title=Introduction|website=www.darululoom-deoband.com}}</ref> The [[Deobandi Islamic movement]] originated in the [[Darul Uloom Deoband|Darul Uloom]].<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"><br />
File:Central Jama Masjid Deoband 1.jpg|Central Jama Masjid Deoband<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==Geography==<br />
Deoband is located at {{Coord|29.7|N|77.68|E|region:IN-UP_type:city}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Deoband.html|work=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc|title=Deoband Shareef}}</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|256|m}}.<br />
<br />
==Demographics==<br />
Deoband has a population of 97,037 of which 53,538 are males while 43,499 are females as per the report released by Census India 2011. The population of children aged zero–six is 12,200 which is 12.57% of the total population. The [[sex ratio]] is 812 females per 1000 males against the state average of 912. The child sex ratio in Deoband is around 917 compared to the Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The effective literacy rate (for population seven years and above) is 75.23%, higher than the state average of 67.68% with male literacy of 79.59% and the female literacy rate is 69.77%. Out of the total population, 24,559 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this, 22,551 were males while 2,008 were females and 89.91% were engaged in main work. The [[Scheduled Caste]] population was 3,576. Deoband had a total of 16,530 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census 2011 - Deoband |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=125789 |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref> Deoband Nagar Palika Parishad has a total administration over 15,630 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and [[sewage]]. It is also authorised to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.{{cn|date=March 2022}}{{bar box<br />
|title=Religions in Deoband tehsil (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Table C-001 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11394/download/14507/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
|titlebar=#Fcd116<br />
|left1=Religion<br />
|right1=Percent<br />
|float=left<br />
|bars=<br />
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|59.80}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Uttar Pradesh|Islam]]|green|39.77}}<br />
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.43}}<br />
}}<br />
{{bar box<br />
|title=Religions in Deoband town(2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Table C-001 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11394/download/14507/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
|titlebar=#Fcd116<br />
|left1=Religion<br />
|right1=Percent<br />
|float=left<br />
|bars=<br />
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Uttar Pradesh|Islam]]|green|71.06}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|27.87}}<br />
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|1.07}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Radha Vallabha Sampradaya]]<br />
* [[Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu|Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu]]<br />
* [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]<br />
* [[Deobandi]]<br />
* [[Islam in India]]<br />
* [[Tabligh]]<br />
* [[Usmani family of Deoband]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Saharanpur district}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Cities and towns in Saharanpur district]]<br />
[[Category:Deoband]]</div>Bharatprspecialist