Dewas Pincodes

Dewas District is a place in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The main town in Dewas District is Dewas itself. This district used to be the territory of two Maratha princely states called Dewas Junior and Dewas Senior.

History:

Dewas used to be two separate places ruled by important families during British India. They were called Dewas Junior and Dewas Senior. These two places were started in the early 1700s by two brothers, Jivaji Rao and Tukaji Rao, who were part of the Maratha Puar clan. They came to this area with the Maratha leader Baji Rao in 1728. The brothers decided to divide the land between them, and their families ruled as separate groups.

After 1841, each group ruled their part as if it was a different place, even though their lands were mixed up together. Both Dewas places were in the Malwa Agency of the Central India Agency.

In these places, there were important people like Sardars, Mankaris, Istamuradars, Thakurs, and Jagirdars in their courts.

When India became independent in 1947, the rulers of Dewas decided to join India. Their lands were added to a state called Madhya Bharat, which later became part of Madhya Pradesh in 1950.

Geography:

Dewas district is situated in the western part of Madhya Pradesh, on the flat terrain of the Malwa plateau. As you move towards the south, the land gradually slopes upward to meet the Vindhya Range. This mountain range serves as the origin for the Chambal and Kali Sindh rivers, which flow northward through the district, eventually joining the Ganges River.

Dewas District has different types of land. In the north, it’s on a high area called the Malwa plateau, and in the south, it’s in a valley near the Narmada River. The Narmada River is the southern edge of the district.

To the east, there’s another district called Sehore, to the south there’s Harda and Khandwa districts, to the west there are Khargone and Indore districts, and to the north, there are Ujjain and Shajapur districts. Dewas District is in the Ujjain Division.

Dewas is about 152 kilometers from Bhopal and 40 kilometers from Indore if you travel by road. It’s also believed that the Devsaal Rawats of Uttarakhand have their roots in Dewas during the time of King Vikramāditya.

Demographics:

In the 2011 census, Dewas District had a total population of 1,563,715 people. This ranked it 319th among all districts in India. The district had about 223 people living in every square kilometer of land. In Dewas, there were 941 females for every 1000 males, and around 70.53% of the people could read and write.

Out of the total population, about 28.89% lived in cities and towns. According to the 2011 census, most people in Dewas spoke Hindi (55.51%), followed by Malvi (32.73%), Nimadi (3.10%), Urdu (1.90%), Gondi (1.31%), Bareli (1.08%), and Bhili (0.91%) as their first language.

Administration:

Dewas District is divided into eight areas called “tehsils”: Sonkatch, Dewas, Bagli, Kannod, Tonk Khurd, Khategaon, Hatpiplya, and Satwas. Dewas town is in the north-west, Sonkatch is in the north-east, Bagli is in the south, Kannod is in the south-central, and Khategaon is in the south-east. Dewas town, where the district headquarters is located, is connected by a major highway and railway.

The district sends representatives to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (state legislative assembly) from five areas: Dewas, Sonkatch, Hatpipliya, Bagli, and Khategaon.

Dewas is also part of three Lok Sabha (national parliamentary) constituencies: Dewas (which includes Sonkatch, Dewas, Tonk Khurd, and Hatpipliya tehsils), Khandwa (covering Bagli and Satwas tehsils), and Vidisha (which includes Khategoan and Kannod tehsils).