| Voice of Dewas District
: Vijay Shankar
Availability of water for the daily needs to the tribals is the
key issue of the district. Rainfall is around 800 mm; and already
due to derailed monsoon, only one crop can be cultivated at a time.
So now we find, the tribals migrating to other areas hunting for
job opportunities. This affects the economic productivity of the
district. .
High rate of Infant mortality, maternal mortality and malnourishment
among the tribals are other major concerns which causes lack of
human development.
Dewas District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 7020.0 Km2
Population in Dewas (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1,563,107
Male : 805,212
Female : 757,895
Under 6 population
Total : 223,252
Male : 117,043
Female : 106,209
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 36304
In seeing : 18925
In speech : 1591
In hearing : 1892
In movement : 11408
Mental : 2488
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 133
Sex Ratio Rank : 244
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 252 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 356 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Dewas District
Dewas District in Ujjain Revenue Division, is situated
on the Malawa plateau in the West-central part of Madhya Pradesh
and lies between 20º17' and 23º20' North latitude and 75º54' and
77º08' East longitude. The district is bounded by Ujjain district
in the north, Indore district in the west, West-Nimar district in
the south-west, East Nimar district in the south, Hoshangabad district
in the South East, Sehore district in the east and Shajapur district
in the North-East. The tropic of cancer passes through the district
near Nemawar village south of Khategaon town.
The district gets its name from the district headquarters
town, Dewas which is said to have been derived on the basis of two
traditions. One is that Dewas lies on the foot of a conical hill,
known as Chamunda hill about 300 ft. above the ground level on top
of which the shrine of Chamunda is located. The image of the Goddess
is cut in rocky wall of a cave. It is, therefore, known as Devi
Vashini or the Goddess's residence. From this. the name Dewas (dev-vas)
seems to have been derived. The other view of the probable origin
is from the name of the founder of the village Dewasa Bania.
The present Dewas district broadly corresponds
to the twin treaty States in Malwa Political charge of the Central
India Agency, divided into a Senior and a Junior branch of the early
twentieth century with some adjustments of other territories. There
were two district chiefships with separate administrations, acting
independently in most matters, sharing the same capital town of
Dewas. Consequent upon the merger of princely States and the formation
of Madhya Bharat State in 1948 there was reconstitution of boundaries
and thus the district in the present form was constituted. The reconstituted
district was, however, formed by merging 242 villages of the two
tahsils of Dewas of the former Senior and Junior State, 452 villages
of Sonkatch tahsil and of 99 villages of Ujjain tahsil of former
Gwalior state, 99 villages of Nimanpur tahsil of former Dhar state,
one village of Jawar tahsil of former Bhopal State, and then the
existing tahsils of Kannod and Khategon of former Holkar State.
With the reorganization of States on linguistic basis on 1st November
1956, Madhya Bharat, with other territories got merged to form the
New state of Madhya Pradesh and thus Dewas continues to be one of
the districts in it.
The district is now divided in to 6 tahsils viz.
Sonkatch, Dewas, Bagli, Kannod, Tonk-Khurd and Khategaon. Dewas
tahsil is situated on the north-western part of the district, Sonkatch
on the north-eastern part, Bagli on the south, Kannod on the south-central
part and Khategaon on the South-east. All the tahsil head quarters
are connected by all weather roads. The Head-quarters of Dewas tahsil
which is also the district headquarters is situated on The Bombay-Agra
National Highway No.3 and is also connected by broad-gauge railway
line of western Railway.
PHYSIOGRAPHY
The district can be divided in to four broad physiographical
regions (1) Dewas plateau (2) Kali Sindh Basin (3) Vindhyan Range
and(4) Middle Narmada valley. Brief descriptions of these regions
are :-
1. Dewas Plateau
This region extends over the north-western part of Sonkatch
tahsil and the western part of Dewas tahsil. The hill range which
runs north-south from Shajapur tahsil of district extends north-south
on the eastern part of this region in the broken form. This region
is part of Malwa plateau with higher elevation of the north-east
plateau land in the north-west and plain land topography on its
south. Lakander, Chhoti Kali-Sindh and Kshipra rivers drain this
region. Kshipra river flowing in south-north direction forms the
western boundary of this region. Dewas town is situated on the plateau
of this region. On the northern part of this region a number of
streams flow in south-north direction. Maximum height of this region
is 2296 ft. towards north of Dewas town. The conical Chamunda hill
having the shrine of Goddess Chamunda on top of it is located in
Dewas town of this region.
2. Kalisindh Baisin
This region is situated in north easternpart of the district in
a vertical column covering major part ofSonkatch tahsil towards
south of this region. Kali sindh river flowingin south-north direction
on the middle part of this region forms itsmain drainage system.
This is by far the most fertile tract of thedistrict.
3. Vindhyan Range
This region comprises of the Vindhyan hill ranges passes through
the middle of the district in a east-west direction forming a narrow
strip in higher broken form on the east and broader but lower and
irregular towards west. This also forms the northern boundary on
the lower half of the district. Spurs of the Vindhyan hill ranges
are compicuous towards west of Bagli and Hatpiplaya towns. Kshipra
kalisindh rivers have originated from the north of this hill ranges
while most of the tributaries of Narmada have originated from the
south of vindhyan hill ranges. Maximum height of this region is
2,372 near Bhatpura village in Bagli tahsil and the minimum height
is 1,495 near village Palasi of the same tahsil.
4. Middle Narmada Valley
This region comes under Malwa plateau and is situated in the south-eastern
part of the district occupying major parts of Kannod and Khategaon
tahsils and the lower half of Bagli tahsil. Narmada river flowing
east to west forms most of the southern boundary of this region
as well as of the district. The middle Narmada valley region is
thus bounded by vindhyan hill ranges on the north and Narmada river
with its tributaries on the other three sides and lies almost entirely
in the catchment of river Narmada and its numerous tributaries sloping
towards south. Extensive forests are seen in this region. Maximum
height of this region is 1,328 ft. near village Serali in Kannod
tahsil and the minimum height is 916 ft. near village Kanjipura
in Khategaon tahsil.
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TRANSPORTATION AIR
Nearest airport situated at Indore are about 40 K.M. away from
Dewas. Domestic air carrier like Indian airlines and private airlines
like Sahara, Jet airways connect Indore to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai
and all major cities.
RAIL
Dewas is well connected by good train services to Delhi, Mumbai,
Calcutta, Madras, Jaipur and all major cites.
Road
Dewas is situated on National Highway No. 3 ( AGRA-BOMBAY Road).
The town of DEWAS is centrally located having links to adjoining
districts viz. Ujjain (The relegious city of Mahakal), Sehore, Bhopal
(M.P.State Capital) ans Indore. The city is well connected by road.
It is situated at a distance of 560 K.M. from Agra, 160 K.M. from
Bhopal, 33 K.M. from Ujjain and 35 K.M. from Indore by road. CLICK
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