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'''Deolali''', or '''Devlali''' ({{IPA-mr|d̪eːwɭaːli|}}), is a small hill station and a [[census town]] in [[Nashik district]] of the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].

Deolali has an important army base. Deolali Camp, one of the oldest Indian military centers in the country, started the Air Force Station, the School of Artillery of the [[Indian Army]], and other establishments in this region. Deolali has plenty of temples and tourist destinations.

==History==
===British period===
{{main|Deolali transit camp}}
Deolali was a [[British Army]] camp 100 miles north-east of [[Mumbai]] (then called Bombay). It was the original location of the Army Staff College (now the [[Defence Services Staff College]] of [[India]] and the [[Command and Staff College]] of [[Pakistan]]).

It is also the source of the British slang noun [[:wikt:doolally tap|doolally tap]], loosely meaning "camp fever", and referring to the apparent madness of men waiting for ships back to Britain after finishing their [[tour of duty]]. By the 1940s this had been widely shortened to just "[[:wikt:doolally|doolally]]", an adjective meaning "[[Insanity|mad (insane)]]" or "[[Eccentricity (behavior)|eccentric]]".<ref name="Taylor">{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Ron |title=Doolally Tap |url=http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/ww2/alberts_war/html/doolally_tap.htm |website=www.britain-at-war.org.uk |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Deolali had a total population of 54,027, of which 28,269 were males and 25,758 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 6,085. The total number of literates in Deolali was 43,172, which constituted 79.9% of the population with male literacy of 83.5% and female literacy of 76.0%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Deolali was 90.1%, of which male literacy rate was 94.3% and female literacy rate was 85.4%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 11,540 and 1,982 respectively. Deolali had 11696 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Deolali |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=620322 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Deolali had a population of 50,617, of which males were 27,693 (55%) of the population and females were 22,924 (45%). Population in the age group 0-6 years was 6,024. The total number of literates were 39,215, which constituted 77.5% of the total population. The effective literacy of population 7 years and above was 87.9%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=25 December 2019|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>

==Transportation==
===Railways===
[[Devlali railway station]] is very close to the cantonment where a large number of important trains halt. Located 17 km from [[Nashik]] city, there is air connectivity as an Air Terminal has been constructed at [[Ozar, Nashik District|Ozar]] airfield.{{cn|date=January 2018}}

==Education==
Notable educational institutes include:
*[[Barnes School]]

==Places of interest==
Around the town, It is also a town with various health sanatoriums and temples, including the [[Muktidham|Muktidham temple]] at [[Nashik Road]]. The town is also famous for Buddhist caves, popularly known as [[Pandavleni Caves]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/touristplaces.htm |title=Nashik district official site |publisher=Nashik.nic.in |date=30 January 1948 |access-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001202528/http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/touristplaces.htm |archive-date=1 October 2013 }}</ref> The golf course, inside the Deolali Cantonment, was one of the largest in India at the time of its development by the British.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/history.htm |title=Nashik district Official Site - History |publisher=Nashik.nic.in |access-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001202926/http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/history.htm |archive-date=1 October 2013 }}</ref>

The Shrine of Infant Jesus, which is a Christian pilgrim centre is located 8 km away from Deolali.<ref>{{cite news |title=Devotees start arriving for Infant Jesus annual feast |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/devotees-start-arriving-for-infant-jesus-annual-feast/articleshow/62856225.cms |access-date=13 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=9 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
* The town was the setting for the first four series of the British [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'', set in 1945.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-doo1.htm Questions & Answers: Doolally tap:], [[Michael Quinion]], 1996–2005, [http://www.worldwidewords.org/ World Wide Words]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716230042/http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/distmaps.htm District map, Nashik district]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Nashik district]]

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