Deesa is a city and a municipality

Municipality

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 in the heart of Banaskantha district

Banaskantha district

Banaskantha is one among the twenty-six districts of the Gujarat state of India. The administrative headquarters of the district is at Palanpur which is also its largest city...

 in the state of Gujarat, India

India

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History

Deesa is situated on banks of the river Banas. Deesa was also recognized as camp Deesa as it was under the rule of Deewan saheb. In the year 1821 A.D, a British cantonment was established in the middle of Rajasthan and Palanpur. The main aim of the army cantonment was to maintain and protect these regions as well as to provide security to the eastern part which has Bhilad localities. Now its name is New Deesa.

Deesa’s army cantonment was also known as "Deesa Field Brigade". This regiment was recognized so as its main aim was to keep an eye on and control the activities of Sardars (leaders) of Dacoits which were active between Abu and Kutchch regions. The agency was given the special duty of protecting the forest and the residents from the harassment of other tribal communities like Khosas, Bhills, Daferas as well as provide security to the north Gujarat residents from these tribal conflicts.

In 1813 A.D. many problems started arising in the Deesa area. Tribal communities like Bhills & other Rajputs started harassing the local people and with intention of keeping these local people safe British cantonment was formed. British army established many army barracks in this region.

Current

Deesa is well known for potato plantations. Potato Agriculture research centre is situated here. It is a small town with a non-functioning airport. There are many temples like ramji mandir, regiment mahadev, gayatri mandir, jalaram mindir, resala mahadev, saibaba temple at the centre etc. Various religions are represented, such as Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Parsi. It is famous for its extreme temperatures from 47 degrees Celsius to 4 degrees Celsius. Deesa is now a big business station of Uttar Gujarat.There are three theatre in Deesa named as Shree Ram Cinema, Raj Mandir and Dimple Talkies. There is school named is S.C.W (Sir Charles Watson) high-school which is 150 year old, which was started by Britishers is the oldest school of Deesa.

Education

In Deesa well known education institutes:

• Vivekananda Academy of English High School
• Guru School Of Science
• DNP Girls High school
• Adarsh High school*4. SCW high school
• St. Anna's high school
• Sardar Patel high school
• St. Xavier high school
• jai tulsi sanskar high school, sarasvati park
• shree arbuda vidyalaya
• Hari om education trust
• Angels English Medium School

Demographics

As of 2011 Deesa had a population of more 85,000. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Deesa has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69% and, female literacy is 52%. In Deesa, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Nearby places

• juna deesa - 5 km - sidhambica temple
• dantiwada - 15 km - banas dam
• mount abu - 75 km - hill station
• ambaji - 60 km - goddess amba temple
• balaram - 35 km - picnic spot and temple
• pavapuri - 100 km - jain tirthdham
• bhiladiyaji - 22 km - jain temple
• ahmedabad - 170 km - Gujarat's main city