Dewas city is governed by Municipal Corporation and is situated in Madhya Pradesh State/UT.
The current estimate population of Dewas city in 2023 is
398,000
, while Dewas metro population is estimated at
0
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Dewas city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Dewas city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Dewas city, we will update the same here in 2023.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Dewas in 2011 is 289,550.
Dewas Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Dewas city are 215,088 of which 119,843 are males while 95,245 are females. Average literacy rate of Dewas city is 84.64 percent of which male and female literacy was 91.13 and 77.69 percent.
The sex ratio of Dewas city is 929 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 908 per 1000 boys.
Dewas Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Dewas city numbers 18,237 in which population of 97,690 resides. This is around 33.74% of total population of Dewas city.
Dewas Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Dewas city with 77.98 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Dewas with approximately 19.98 % following it.
In Dewas city, Christinity is followed by 0.49 %, Jainism by 0.92 %, Sikhism by 0.43 % and Buddhism by 0.11 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.08 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.