Deva Village


Dewa is a village in Jakhania tehsil, Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It forms a part of Varanasi division and is situated on the border of Ghazipur-Azamgarh districts. It is located approximately north of the district headquarters at Ghazipur, from Jakhania and from the state capital at Lucknow. The village is served by the nearby railway station at Dullahpur.

Model Village

In 2015, Deva was adopted as a Model village by Manoj Sinha, the Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Communication and Railways in the Government of India. Since then a new initiative to develop this village is taking shape.

Transport

The village is nearly 35 km from Ghazipur city Railway station and UP Roadways Ghazipur depot. Other nearby railway stations are Jakhania and Mau railway station. Deav can be reached through road transport by mean of private or rented vehicles, such as buses and taxies.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the main source of income and livelihood for the residents. Nearly all type of food grains which are cultivated in eastern UP are also produced here, popular crops include wheat, paddy and potatoes, though other crops such as mustard and grams are also produced in large quantities. Farmers often sell their products either in the local market or in the anaj mandi located in Jakhania. Farming is done with semi modern and semi classical techniques, tractors electrical water pumping sets are used for farming but bigger machines like harvesters are also used in the village.

Language and culture

The language spoken by most of the villagers is a mix of Bhojpuri and Hindi, although Urdu also has a great influence on it. Culturally the area is much influenced by Varanasi which is a major cultural centre nearby.

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