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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Deucha
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 731132
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| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
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'''Deucha''' is a village and a [[gram panchayat]] in [[Mohammad Bazar (community development block)|Mohammad Bazar]] CD Block in [[Suri Sadar subdivision]] of [[Birbhum district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
According to a government data had given in 1845, there had 30 {{lang|bn|chullis}} i.e. iron melting furnaces existed at Deucha. In 1855, Mackcey and Co. established Birbhum Iron Works Company and in 1875 Messers Burn and co. had done the same job there.<ref>Barun Roy (IAS), ''Birbhumi Birbhum''</ref>
There are many old decorated bricks found every where, which shows old glory of Deucha.

''Salui'' is a Hindu workers caste who are living at Deucha. Saluis were the head of 'saal' i.e. home-made iron-furnace. Sontsaal is a nearby village where Muslim 'saal' workers had lived.<ref>Gourhari Mitra ''Birbhum er itihas''</ref>

At the time of [[Ramapala|King Ram Pal]], Deucha was under 'Kujabati' state.<ref>[[Sandhyakar Nandi]] "[[Ramacharitam]]",</ref>

==Geography==
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===Location===
Deucha consists of a [[panchayat village|gram panchayat]], 'Deucha Gram Panchayat'. The name Deucha is a mysterious word. Deucha has its burnt soil and a lot of signs of previous iron ore melting industry.

The village is situated near the [[Dwarka River]]. An eco park is situated at Deucha on the bank of [[Dwarka River]] near Sahapara.
Deucha barrage is situated on the Dwarka river with a capacity of {{convert|1400|acre.ft}}.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://wbplan.gov.in/htm/HumanDev/docs/DHDR_Birbhum/CHP-5.pdf | title =Poverty and Vulnerability | access-date =2010-06-15 | work =Vulnerability due to flood | publisher =Human Development Report: Birbhum | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100807000051/http://wbplan.gov.in/htm/humandev/docs/DHDR_Birbhum/CHP-5.pdf | archive-date =7 August 2010 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

==Demographics==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Deucha had a total population of 1,772 of which 894 (50%) were males and 878 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 266. The total number of literates in Deucha was 1,066 (70.78% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 6 February 2018 }}</ref>

==Economy==
===Coal===
[[Deucha Pachami coal block]] is to be developed by Bengal Birbhum Coal Company Limited.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://ejatlas.org/conflict/deocha-pachami-dewanganj-harinsingha-birbhum-coalfield-india | title= Deocha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harinsingha, Birbhum Coalfield, India|publisher= Environmental Justice Atlas | access-date = 22 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/indias-largest-coal-mine-coming-up-at-birbhum-mamata/article7946612.ece#! | title= India's largest coal mine coming up at Birbhum: Mamata |publisher= The Hindu, 4 December 2015 | access-date = 22 January 2018}}</ref>

Government of [[India]] has allocated 17 coal blocks with estimated reserves of 85,000 million tonnes of coal to public sector undertakings under MMDR act. [[Deucha Pachami coal block]] is estimated about 9.7 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ejatlas.org/conflict/deocha-pachami-dewanganj-harinsingha-birbhum-coalfield-india|title=deucha coal block|publisher=ejatlas}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[National Highway 14 (India)|NH 14]] (old no. NH 60) passes beside Deucha. There is an old laterite road connecting Deucha with 'Boliharpur' and then with [[Jharkhand]].<ref>Barun Roy, Arijit Roy "Birbhumi Birbhum" "birbhumer jogajog o paribahan babastha" pp. 180–181</ref>[[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] and [[Mahavir]] had walked through this road.

== Culture==
[[Ram Navami]] is held at Saluipara [[Rama|Ram]]ji temple. [[Poush]] [[Makar Sankranti|Sankranti]] fair is held at Dwarbasini near Deucha.[[Ratha yatra]] fair is held at Deucha rathtala. Every year during [[Ram navami]], the song of [[Ramayana]] and kirtana are performed. This [[Rama|Ram]]ji temple was established by Sitaram Das Mohanta, a saint probably from [[Uttar Pradesh]], and the first priest of the temple was Satkari Bandopadhaya from nearby [[Chondrapur]] village.

[[Dharmathakur|Dharma]] pujo is held at Deucha on the occasion of [[Vesak|Buddha Purnima]].<ref name=paschim10>Mitra, Ajit Kumar, ''Birbhumer loukik Debdebi'', ''Paschim Banga'', Birbhum Special Issue,</ref>

Every year at [[Makar Sankranti]] a one-day fair is held at [[Dwarbasini]]-temple near [[Chondrapur]].

There are many ruined [[Shiva]] temples near Sahapara. Some of these temples were reconstructed by Ananta Majumdar, a former policeman with the help of other people.<ref name="বীরভুমকথা">birbhum katha</ref>

Near Deucha there is a [[Jain]] religious place "Jogi Pahari Tirth" where [[Mahavir|Bhagwan Mahavir]] stayed for three night because of serious illness by snake bite. Many pilgrims come here from around the world.<ref>[https://arhamchennai.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/bhagwan-mahaveers-aagam-sri-suyagadanga-sutra/ Bhagwan Mahaveer’s Aagam – Sri Suyagadanga Sutra | Arham Yuva Group – Chennai Chapter]</ref>

==References==
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{{Birbhum District}}

[[Category:Villages in Birbhum district]]

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