Dewas (district)

Dewas
State	Madhya Pradesh
Division :	Ujjain
Administrative headquarters :	Dewas
Area :	7020 km²
Residents :	1,563,715 (as of 2011)
Population density :	223 inhabitants / km²
Website :	http://dewas.nic.in/

Dewas ( Hindi : देवास ज़िला) is a district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh .

The 7020 km² large district is located in the west of Madhya Pradesh. The district administration is located in the eponymous city of Dewas .

population

In the 2011 census, the population was 1,563,715. 10 years earlier it was 1,308,223. The gender ratio is 942 women for 1,000 men. The literacy rate is 69.35% (80.30% for men, 57.76% for women). The Hindus form the largest religious group with 88%. 11% are Muslim .

Administrative division

The district is divided into 9 tehsils :

• Bagli
• Dewas
• Hatpipliya
• Kannod
• Khategaon
• Satwas
• Sonkatch
• Tonk-Khurd
• Udainagar

There is a municipal corporation with the city of Dewas .

history

Dewas District was established on November 1, 1956 when Madhya Bharat became part of the newly established state of Madhya Pradesh. It extends over parts of the former princely states of Dewas Junior and Dewas Senior and parts of the princely states of Gwalior , Dhar , Bhopal and Holkar .

Web links

Commons : Dewas District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• District Administration

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} www.census2011.co.in
2. ↑ ^{a b} http://dewas.nic.in/

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