 After 1841, each branch ruled his 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 for water supply and lighting.The Junior branch had an area of and had a population of 54,904 in 1901.Both Dewas states were in the Malwa Agency of the Central India Agency.