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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6" title="দেওবন্দ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="দেওবন্দ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoband" title="Deoband – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Deoband" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D2%AF%D0%B1%D3%99%D0%BD%D0%B4" title="Диүбәнд – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Диүбәнд" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li 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interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoband" title="Deoband – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Deoband" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1)" title="دیوبند (شهر) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دیوبند (شهر)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6" title="देवबन्द – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="देवबन्द" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6" title="দেওবন্দ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="দেওবন্দ" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoband" title="Deoband – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Deoband" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoband" title="Deoband – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Deoband" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF" title="ديوبند – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ديوبند" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoband" title="Deoband – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Deoband" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoband" title="Deoband – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Deoband" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6" title="देवबंद – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="देवबंद" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6" title="देवबंद – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="देवबंद" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoband" title="Deoband – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Deoband" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF" title="دیوبند – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="دیوبند" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF" title="ديوبند – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ديوبند" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoband" title="Deoband – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Deoband" data-language-autonym="Polski" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Deoband</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">Town</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Darul_Uloom_Deoband.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Darul Uloom Deoband"><img alt="Darul Uloom Deoband" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Darul_Uloom_Deoband.jpg/250px-Darul_Uloom_Deoband.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Darul_Uloom_Deoband.jpg/375px-Darul_Uloom_Deoband.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Darul_Uloom_Deoband.jpg/500px-Darul_Uloom_Deoband.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Darul_Uloom_Deoband" title="Darul Uloom Deoband">Darul Uloom Deoband</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Deoband</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of India</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Deoband&params=29.692_N_77.677_E_region:IN-UP_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">29°41′31″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°40′37″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">29.692°N 77.677°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">29.692; 77.677</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saharanpur_district" title="Saharanpur district">Saharanpur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Nagar Palika parishad Deoband</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">256 m (840 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Census2011Gov_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2011Gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">97,037</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Deobandi</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">Language</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a><sup id="cite_ref-langoff_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langoff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Additional official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a><sup id="cite_ref-langoff_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langoff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01336</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">UP-11</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Deoband</b> is a town and a <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipality</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saharanpur_district" title="Saharanpur district">Saharanpur district</a> in the state of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, India, about 150 km (93 miles) from <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>. <a href="/wiki/Darul_Uloom_Deoband" title="Darul Uloom Deoband">Darul Uloom Deoband</a>, an Islamic seminary and one of the largest Islamic Institutions of India is located there.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2011Gov_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2011Gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deoband&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The native <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_language" title="Hindustani language">Hindi-Urdu</a> name for the place is "Devband". According to one theory, it derives from "<a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">devi</a>" (goddess) and "van" (forest), when this place was full of forests in the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>-era. A related argument is that it is derived from "devi" and "vandan" (praise), referring to the local <a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a> temples.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An apocryphal legend states that it gets its name from <a href="/wiki/Daeva" title="Daeva">daeva</a> (demon) and band (imprison), the story being that prophet <a href="/wiki/Solomon_in_Islam" title="Solomon in Islam">Suleiman</a> had imprisoned wicked demons here.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deoband&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 16th century <a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">Bhakti</a> saint Shri <a href="/wiki/Hith_Harivansh_Mahaprabhu" title="Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu">Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu</a> and the founder of the Radhavallabh Sampradaya of <a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnavism</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Vrindavan" title="Vrindavan">Vrindavan</a>, lived in Deoband before his renunciation. He also established a temple here, dedicated to Radha-Krishna and named it "Radha-Navrangilal".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deoband is listed in the <a href="/wiki/Ain-i-Akbari" title="Ain-i-Akbari">Ain-i-Akbari</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Pargana" title="Pargana">pargana</a> under Saharanpur <a href="/wiki/Sarkar_(administrative_division)" title="Sarkar (administrative division)">sarkar</a>, producing a revenue of 6,477,977 <a href="/wiki/Dam_(Indian_coin)" title="Dam (Indian coin)">dams</a> for the imperial treasury and supplying a force of 300 infantry and 60 cavalry. It had a brick fort at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Darul_Uloom_Deoband" title="Darul Uloom Deoband">Darul Uloom Deoband</a> learning centre was established on 21 May 1866 by <a href="/wiki/Fazlur_Rahman_Usmani" title="Fazlur Rahman Usmani">Fazlur Rahman Usmani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sayyid_Muhammad_Abid" title="Sayyid Muhammad Abid">Sayyid Muhammad Abid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Qasim_Nanotawi" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad Qasim Nanotawi">Muhammad Qasim Nanotawi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Usmani_family_of_Deoband#Shaykh_Fateh_Ali" title="Usmani family of Deoband">Mehtab Ali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Usmani_family_of_Deoband#Karamat_Hussain" title="Usmani family of Deoband">Nehal Ahmad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Usmani_family_of_Deoband#Karamat_Hussain" title="Usmani family of Deoband">Zulfiqar Ali Deobandi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Deobandi_Islamic_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Deobandi Islamic movement">Deobandi Islamic movement</a> originated in the Darul Uloom. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Jama_Masjid_Deoband_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Notable Jama Masjid of Deoband."><img alt="Notable Jama Masjid of Deoband." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Central_Jama_Masjid_Deoband_1.jpg/283px-Central_Jama_Masjid_Deoband_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="283" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Central_Jama_Masjid_Deoband_1.jpg/425px-Central_Jama_Masjid_Deoband_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Central_Jama_Masjid_Deoband_1.jpg/566px-Central_Jama_Masjid_Deoband_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption>Notable Jama Masjid of Deoband.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deoband&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Deoband is located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Deoband&params=29.7_N_77.68_E_region:IN-UP_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">29°42′N</span> <span class="longitude">77°41′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">29.7°N 77.68°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">29.7; 77.68</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has an average elevation of 256 metres (840 ft). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deoband&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Deoband town(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Islam in Uttar Pradesh">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:71.06%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">71.06%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:27.87%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">27.87%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:1.07%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.07%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Deoband tehsil (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:59.80%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">59.80%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Islam in Uttar Pradesh">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:39.77%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">39.77%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.43%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.43%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>Deoband has a population of 97,037 of which 53,538 are males while 43,499 are females as per the report released by Census India 2011. The population of children aged zero–six is 12,200 which is 12.57% of the total population. The <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> is 812 females per 1000 males against the state average of 912. The child sex ratio in Deoband is around 917 compared to the Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. The effective literacy rate (for population seven years and above) is 75.23%, higher than the state average of 67.68% with male literacy of 79.59% and the female literacy rate is 69.77%. Out of the total population, 24,559 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this, 22,551 were males while 2,008 were females and 89.91% were engaged in main work. The <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Caste" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled Caste">Scheduled Caste</a> population was 3,576. Deoband had a total of 16,530 households in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2011Gov_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2011Gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deoband Nagar Palika Parishad has a total administration over 15,630 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and <a href="/wiki/Sewage" title="Sewage">sewage</a>. It is also authorized to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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