Dewas
Population
- Population
- 15.64 LIndia 121.09 Cr
- Urban %
- 28.89%India 31.14%
Literacy
- Literacy
- 69.35%India 72.98%
- Male Lit.
- 80.30%India 80.88%
- Female Lit.
- 57.76%India 64.63%
- Lit. Gap
- 22.54 ppIndia 16.25 pp
Society
- Sex Ratio
- 942 / 1000India 943 / 1000
- Child Sex Ratio
- 918 / 1000India 918 / 1000
- Under 7
- 14.67%India 13.59%
- SC %
- 18.67%India 16.63%
- ST %
- 17.44%India 8.63%
- Household
- 5.06India 4.85
Work
- Workers
- 47.49%India 39.80%
- Female Work
- 38.40%India 25.52%
- Main Workers
- 71.17%India 75.24%
- Non-Workers
- 52.51%India 60.20%
Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.
Dewas in context
With 15,63,715 people at the 2011 Census, Dewas was the 320th most populous of India's 640 districts and the 18th most populous of Madhya Pradesh's 50. That is 2.2% of everyone living in Madhya Pradesh at the time.
Literacy stood at 69.35%, 3.6 points below the national 72.98% — level with the Madhya Pradesh average. That ranked it 390th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 22.5 points, 6.3 points above the national gap of 16.3.
The sex ratio was 942 women per 1,000 men (11 above the Madhya Pradesh figure of 931).
47.5% of the population were recorded as workers, 4.0 points above the Madhya Pradesh rate. Female work participation was 38.4%, 5.8 points above the state figure.
Dewas contained 13 towns. The largest was Dewas (M Corp.), with 2,89,550 people. That put 28.9% of the district in urban areas, 1.3 points above the Madhya Pradesh share of 27.6%.
Towns in Dewas
Dewas has 13 census towns. The largest are listed below.
| Town | Population | Literacy | Sex ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewas (M Corp.) | 2.90 L | 84.64% | 929 / 1000 |
| Khategaon (NP) | 25,413 | 82.00% | 930 / 1000 |
| Kannod (NP) | 17,744 | 78.62% | 953 / 1000 |
| Hatpiplya (NP) | 17,419 | 78.23% | 946 / 1000 |
| Sonkatch (NP) | 16,545 | 83.26% | 946 / 1000 |
| Satwas (NP) | 14,108 | 67.81% | 948 / 1000 |
| Bhaurasa (NP) | 12,166 | 76.55% | 937 / 1000 |
| Karnawad (NP) | 11,266 | 62.13% | 977 / 1000 |