Country India District Birbhum PIN 731132 Local time Tuesday 8:11 PM | State West Bengal Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) ISO 3166 code IN-WB | |
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Deucha is a village near Mohammad Bazar in the Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The village is situated near the Dwarka River. It is also a Gram panchayat. An eco park is situated at Deucha on the bank of Dwarka River near sahapara.
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Map of Deucha, West Bengal
Geography
Deucha ("ডেউচা") consists of a Gram panchayat, 'Deucha Gram Panchayat'. The name Deucha is a mysterious word. Deucha has its burn soil and a lot of signs of previous iron ore melting industry.Deucha is located on the west side of NH 60, in Birbhum district . Deucha barrage is situated on the Dwarka river with a capacity of 1,400 acre feet (1,700,000 m3),. Government of India has allocated 17 coal blocks with estimated reserves of 85000 million tonnes of coal to public sector undertaking under MMDR act. Deucha -pachami-dewanganj-harinsinga coal block is estimated about 9.7 km2.
Demographics
Near deucha there is a Jain religious place "Jogi Phari tirth" where BhagawanMahavir stay three night for serious illness by snake bite (the snake CHANDAKAUSIK).Here many pilgrim from world come.
Culture
Ram navami is held at saluipara Ramji temple every. Poush 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 had performed. This Ramji temple had established by 'Sitaram Das Mohanta', a saint probably from Uttar Pradesh and the first priest of the temple was 'Satkari Bondopadhaya' from nearby chondrapur village. Dharma pujo is held at Deucha on the occasion of Buddha Purnima. Every year at makara Sankranti a one-day fair is held at Dwarbasini-temple near chondrapur. There are many ruined Shiva temples near sahapara. From these temples some have reconstructed by 'Ananta Majumdar' , a former policeman with the help of other people
History
According to a government data had given in 1845, there had 30 '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. There are many old decorated bricks founded every where, which shows old glory of Deucha. Salui is a Hindu workers caste who are living at Deucha. Salui's were the head of 'saal' i.e. home-made iron-furnace. Sontsaal is a nearby village where Muslim 'saal' workers had lived. At the time of King Ram pal, Deucha had under 'Kujabati' state.
Transport
NH 60 is connecting Panagarh to Moregram, and it is passes beside Deucha. There is an old latarite road connecting Deucha (NH 60) with 'Boliharpur' and then with Jharkhand. Shri chaitanya mahaprabhu and Mahavir had walaked through this road