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This district is
located between 26 ° 6' north and 27° 8' to 83° 29' east and 84° 26' east longitude out of
which district Kushinagar was created in 1994 by taking north & east portion of
Deoria district.District deoria is surrounded by district kushinagar in North, district
Gopalganj & Siwan(Bihar state)in East ,district Mau & district Ballia in
south and district Gorakhpur in West.Deoria district headquarter is situated at
53 km. milestone from Gorakhpur by road towards east.Ghaghara, Rapti & Chhoti Gandak
are the main rivers in this district. Deoria
District came into existence at March 16' 1946 from Gorakhpur district.The name DEORIA is derived from 'Devaranya' or probably 'Devpuria' as
believed.According to official gazzettes,the district name 'deoria' is taken by its
headquarter name 'Deoria' and the term ' DEORIA' generally means a place where there are
temples.The name ' DEORIA' originated by a fossil( broken)
Shiva Temple by the side of 'kurna river' in its northside.
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