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Devagiri is one of the largest villages in Haveri district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the largest village in Haveri Taluk. It is about 7.5 km (4.7 mi) north from the Haveri city in NH-4. Local language is Kannada.

Devagiri ದೇವಗಿರಿ
village
Devagiri Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Devagiri Devagiri (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 14.850°N 75.372°E / 14.850; 75.372
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Haveri
Taluk	Haveri
Government
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Area
• Total	27.56 km2 (10.64 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	8,826
• Density	320/km2 (800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	581 110[1]
Telephone code	08375
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA-27
Sex ratio (2011)	992 ♀/1000 ♂
Website	haveri.nic.in

Total population of Devagiri is 8,826.[2] Its sex ratio is 992 women for every 1000 men.[2]

Etymology

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Although there are no clear answers to the derivation, the most popular belief is that the hill in the village upon which the village's major deity Girimalleshwara is placed is the reason for the name Devagiri, where Deva means deity and Giri means hill.

Notable people

• Puttaraj Gawai was born here in 1914.

References

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