Dewas | |
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City | |
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| Coordinates: 22°58′N 76°04′E / 22.96°N 76.06°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Dewas |
| Tehsil | Dewas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Dewas Municipal Corporation |
| Area | |
• Total | 50 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 900th |
| Elevation | 535 m (1,755 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 289,550 |
| • Rank | 6th (in Madhya Pradesh) |
| • Density | 5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Dewasi[citation needed] |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 455001 to 455005 |
| Telephone code | 91-(0)727 |
| ISO 3166 code | MP-IN |
| Vehicle registration | MP-41 |
| Website | dewas |
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Dewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pawar clan of the Marathas.[3] The city is the administrative capital of Dewas district. Dewas is an industrialised city and houses a government bank note press.[4][5]
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Census2011Govwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Meyer, William Stevenson, Sir; Burn, Richard, Sir; Cotton, James Sutherland; Risley, Sir Herbert Hope. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11. p. 278.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Bank Note Press (BNP) Dewas". SPMCIL. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Amid cash crisis, Bank Note Press ropes in retired employees". 11 December 2016.