# Devit Buzurg Village, Jhiranya, Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Jhiranya, Khargone 

# Devit Buzurg

Devit Buzurg is a village in Jhiranya sub-district of Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,225 people in 242 households**, the 68th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 39.5%.

- 1,225people (2011)
- 242households
- 68.9%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Devit Buzurg PIN code and other codes

Devit Buzurg falls in Jhiranya sub-district, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockJhiranya
- Census village code477866

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Devit Buzurg from nearby towns?

- Jhiranya (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Khargone (district HQ)52 km by road
- Jhiranya (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Devit Buzurg?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Devit Buzurg; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bhikangaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhikangaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Khargone
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Devit Buzurg known for?

The main crops are **wheat, cotton and soyabean**. About 79% of the 174 hectares of village land is sown, and 23 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Devit Buzurg

Of every 100 households in Devit Buzurg in 2011, 84 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Devit Buzurg · ■ Jhiranya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**95%

Tap water ****14%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****56%**

**37%

Television ****30%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****37%**

**64%

Own their home ****93%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Devit Buzurg?

■ Devit Buzurg · ■ Jhiranya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**39.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**965

Working population ****51.3%**

**47.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 56.0% for women. 57% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 289 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 312 (50%) · **■** Other work 16 (3%) · **■** Marginal 12 (2%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jhiranya

- Lakhapur1,319 people
- Chhodiya1,310 people
- Sonkhedi1,310 people
- Bedhanya Buzurg1,244 people
- Abhapuri Nankhodi1,220 people
- Thokanbeda1,216 people
- Muramya1,215 people
- Ghodi Khurd1,207 people

[All 131 villages in Jhiranya](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/khargone/jhiranya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Devit Buzurg from Khargone?52 km by road
- What is the population of Devit Buzurg?1,225 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Devit Buzurg in?Khargone district (Jhiranya sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Devit Buzurg?68.9% (Census 2011)