Dewas is an industrialised city and houses a government bank note press.

Swami Shivom Tirtha wrote the history of the hill (Tekri ) of Dewas in his book, Sadhan Shikhar.

The brothers divided the territory among themselves; their descendants ruled as the senior and junior branches of the family.

After 1841, each branch ruled its own portion as a separate state, though the lands belonging to each were intimately entangled; in Dewas, the capital town, the two sides of the main street were under different administrations and had different arrangements water supply and lighting.

[12] Dewas lies northeast of Indore, southeast of Ujjain, and southwest of Shajapur.

The city is located on the level plains of the Malwa plateau; to the south, the land rises gently to the Vindhya Range, which is the source of the Chambal and Kali Sindh rivers that flow north through the district on their way to the Ganges.

[citation needed] The city has many industrial units providing employment to thousands of workers.

The largest companies include Tata International, Kirloskar, John Deere, Eicher Motors, Gajra Gears,[19] Cummins Turbo Technologies, STI Sanoh Steel Tubes Plant and Coparo Steel Tubes Unit.

Dewas is known as the Soy Capital of India and is a major part of the soy bean processing industry in the country with major Soyabean Products brands like Kriti Nutrients, Prestige Agro-Tech, Mittal Soya Protein, Adani Agri Logistics etc.

There are more than 100 wind mills on a series of hills 13 km (8.1 mi) from Dewas, generating around 60 megawatts (MW) of power.

These were financed by a few private companies (mainly Suzlon Energy) which sought a reliable power supply.

It is an industrial unit of SPMCIL, established in the year 1974 is wholly owned by Government of India, Ministry of Finance and Department of Economic Affairs.

In addition to the high security printing complex, there is a specialized Ink factory unit which produces Security Inks for BNP Dewas and other units of SPMCIL for the printing of other government documents.

In terms of print media, Satyakaar a daily evening newspaper is published from Dewas.