Dewas District Population, Madhya Pradesh - Census India 2011

Dewas is one of district of Madhya Pradesh in India. There are 8 Tehsils, 1,114 villages and 13 towns in Dewas district.

As per the Census India 2011, Dewas district has 308,871 households, population of 1,563,715 of which 805,359 are males and 758,356 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 229,339 which is 14.67% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Dewas district is around 942 compared to 931 which is average of Madhya Pradesh state. The literacy rate of Dewas district is 59.18% out of which 68.38% males are literate and 49.4% females are literate. The total area of Dewas is 7,020 sq.km with population density of 223 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 71.11% of population lives in Urban area and 28.89% lives in Rural area. There are 18.67% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 17.44% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Dewas district.

Dewas Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,563,715	100%
Hindu	1,376,591	88.03%
Muslim	174,259	11.14%
Jain	6,497	0.42%
Christian	2,355	0.15%
Sikh	2,330	0.15%
Religion not stated	1,229	0.08%
Buddhist	382	0.02%
Other religions and persuasions	72	0%

Dewas Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	212	6,808
Number of households	87,595	221,276
Total Population	451,759	1,111,956
Population (%)	51.72%	48.58%
Male Population	233,639	571,720
Female Population	218,120	540,236
Sex Ratio	934	945
Literacy (%)	71.07%	54.35%

List of Tehsils in Dewas

Check out complete list of all Tehsils of Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh

Dewas Population Facts

Number of Households	308,871
Population	1,563,715
Male Population	805,359 (51.5%)
Female Population	758,356 (48.5%)
Children Population	229,339
Area	7,020 km2
Population density/km2	223
Sex-ratio	942
Literacy	59.18%
Male Literacy	68.38%
Female Literacy	49.4%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	17.44%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	18.67%