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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Devara Jeevanahalli
| official_name = Devara Jeevanahalli
| other_name = Devarajeevanahalli, DJ Halli
| settlement_type = Suburb
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| nickname = DJ Halli
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| subdivision_name = India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[District|Banglore Urban]]
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 560032, 560045
| registration_plate = KA-04
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
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'''Devara Jeevanahalli''' (or spelled as '''Devarajeevanahalli''' and popularly known as '''DJ Halli''') is a locality in North [[Bangalore]], [[India]]. The locality is part of [[Pulakeshinagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Pulakeshinagar Assembly constituency]] and [[Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency]]. It is one of the largest slums in Bangalore.<ref>{{cite news |author1=K. C. Deepika |title=Devera Jeevanahalli slums drown in sewage water |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/Devera-Jeevanahalli-slums-drown-in-sewage-water/article15765088.ece |accessdate=14 August 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=1 October 2010 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Often referred to as a sensitive area having seen its share of communal tension,<ref>{{cite news |author1=Neha Mujumdar |title=Despite all its troubles, life goes on in D.J. Halli |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/Despite-all-its-troubles-life-goes-on-in-D.J.-Halli/article12552393.ece |accessdate=14 August 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=10 October 2012 |language=en-IN}}</ref> the locality saw one its biggest violence in Bangalore when police station and other public property were damaged during the [[2020 Bangalore riots|riots in 2020]]. The first Police station in the area was inaugurated in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Finally, DJ Halli police station to be inaugurated |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/finally-dj-halli-police-station-to-be-inaugurated/articleshow/67097939.cms |accessdate=14 August 2020 |work=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref> In 2016, over 350 school children at the Government Urdu Higher Primary School from Devara Jeevanahalli complained about having food poisoning and were hospitalized after having mid-day meals.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Imran Gowhar |title=D.J. Halli school food poisoning: several other children fall sick |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/20bgdj-halli-food-posioning/article6429553.ece |work=The Hindu |date=20 September 2014 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

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