List of districts of Madhya Pradesh

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Jabalpur division Madhya Pradesh district map.svg

The Indian state of Madhya Pradesh came into existence on 1 November 1956. Madhya Pradesh has various geographic regions which have no official administrative governmental status; some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces. Currently, the number of districts in the state is 55. [1] and Of these Mauganj, Pandhurna & Maihar are newly created districts. 2 districts, Chachaura and Nagda are also proposed which was approved by state cabinet on 18th March 2020. These 55 districts are grouped into 10 administrative divisions. Districts are subdivided into tehsils, of which there are 428 in Madhya Pradesh.

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List of districts

There are 55 districts in Madhya Pradesh, categorized into ten divisions. [2] [3]

DistrictCode [4] HeadquartersDivisionArea
(km2) [5]
Population
(2011) [5]
Population density
(per km2)
Location Map
Bhopal BP Bhopal Bhopal division 2,7722,371,061855 MP Bhopal district map.svg
Raisen RS Raisen 8,4461,331,597158 MP Raisen district map.svg
Rajgarh RG Rajgarh 6,1541,545,814251 MP Rajgarh district map.svg
Sehore SR Sehore 6,5781,311,332199 MP Sehore district map.svg
Vidisha VI Vidisha 7,3711,458,875198 MP Vidisha district map.svg
Morena MO Morena Chambal 4,9911,965,970394 MP Morena district map.svg
Sheopur SP Sheopur 6,585687,861104 MP Sheopur district map.svg
Bhind BD Bhind 4,4591,703,005382 MP Bhind district map.svg
Gwalior GW Gwalior Gwalior 5,2142,032,036390 MP Gwailor district map.svg
Ashoknagar AS Ashoknagar 4,674845,071181 MP Ashok Nagar district map.svg
Shivpuri SV Shivpuri 10,2781,726,050168 MP Shivpuri district map.svg
Datia DT Datia 2,038786,754386 MP Datia district map.svg
Guna GU Guna 6,4851,241,519191 MP Guna district map.svg
Alirajpur AL Alirajpur Indore 3,182728,999229 MP Alirajpur district map.svg
Barwani BR Barwani 5,4321,385,881255 MP Barwani district map.svg
Burhanpur BU Burhanpur 2,473757,847306 MP Burhanpur district map.svg
Indore IN Indore 3,8983,276,697841 MP Indore district map.svg
Dhar DH Dhar 8,1532,185,793268 MP Dhar district map.svg
Jhabua JH Jhabua 6,7821,025,048151 MP Jhabua district map.svg
Khandwa EN [a] Khandwa 4,9271,310,061262 MP Khandwa district map.svg
Khargone WN [b] Khargone 4,9271,873,046262 MP Khargone district map.svg
Balaghat BL Balaghat Jabalpur 9,2291,701,698184 MP Balaghat district map.svg
Chhindwara CN Chhindwara 10,2931,716,612177 MP Chhindwara district map.svg
Jabalpur JA Jabalpur 5,2102,463,289473 MP Jabalpur district map.svg
Katni KA Katni 4,9271,292,042262 MP Katni district map.svg
Mandla ML Mandla 5,8051,054,905182 MP Mandla district map.svg
Narsinghpur NA Narsinghpur 5,1331,091,854213 MP Narsinghpur district map.svg
Seoni SO Seoni 8,7581,379,131157 MP Seoni district map.svg
Dindori DI Dindori 7,427704,52495 MP Dindori district map.svg
Pandhurna PD Pandhurna 1,522374,310246
Betul BE Betul Narmadapuram 10,0431,575,362157 MP Betul district map.svg
Harda HA Harda 3,339570,465171 MP Harda district map.svg
Narmadapuram NA Narmadapuram 6,6981,241,350185 MP Hoshangabad district map.svg
Rewa RE Rewa Rewa 6,4341,748,461368 MP Rewa district map.svg
Satna ST Satna 7,5022,228,935297 MP Satna district map.svg
Sidhi SI Sidhi 4,8511,127,033230 MP Sidhi district map.svg
Singrauli SH Waidhan 5,6721,178,273208 MP Singrauli district map.svg
Mauganj MG Mauganj 1,866616,645331
Maihar MH Maihar 2,722.79856,028314
Chhatarpur CT Chhatarpur Sagar 8,6871,762,375203 MP Chhatarpur district map.svg
Damoh DM Damoh 7,3061,264,219173 MP Damoh district map.svg
Panna PA Panna 7,1351,016,520142 MP Panna district map.svg
Sagar SG Sagar 10,2522,378,458232 MP Sagar district map.svg
Tikamgarh TI Tikamgarh 3,8781,040,359268 MP Tikamgarh district map.svg
Niwari NI Niwari 1,170404,807346 MP Niwari district map.svg
Anuppur AP Anuppur Shahdol 3,746749,237200 MP Anuppur district map.svg
Shahdol SH Shahdol 6,2051,066,063172 MP Shahdol district map.svg
Umaria UM Umaria 4,026644,758160 MP Umaria district map.svg
Agar Malwa AG Agar Malwa Ujjain 2,785571,275205 MP Agar Malwa district map.svg
Dewas DE Dewas 7,0201,563,715223 MP Dewas district map.svg
Mandsaur MS Mandsaur 5,5301,340,411242 MP Mandsaur district map.svg
Neemuch NE Neemuch 4,267826,067194 MP Neemuch district map.svg
Ratlam RL Ratlam 4,8611,455,069299 MP Ratlam district map.svg
Shajapur SJ Shajapur 3,460941,403272 MP Shajapur district map.svg
Ujjain UJ Ujjain 6,0911,986,864326 MP Ujjain district map.svg

Proposed districts

A bill giving in-principle approval to the creation of three districts was passed on 18 March 2020. The following districts would be created: [6]

Announced by state government during election in 2023-24 :

There is demand of districts from various regions like:

Notes

  1. It was previously known as East Nimar
  2. It was previously known as West Nimar

References

  1. "DISTRICTS & DIVISIONS OF MADHYA PRADESH". District Portal of Madhya Pradesh. Government of Madhya Pradesh . Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. "Districts of Madhya Pradesh". mpdistricts.nic.in. Government of Madhya Pradesh. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. "Madhya Pradesh Profile". MPOnline. Government of India . Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address" (PDF). National Informatics Centre . Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India). 18 August 2004. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
  5. 1 2 "List of districts in Madhya Pradesh". Non Resident Indians Online. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  6. Dwary, Anurag (19 March 2020). "Amid Crisis, Kamal Nath Okays Formation Of 3 Districts, Cabinet Minister Status To 7 Leaders". NDTV . Press Trust of India . Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  7. "Sihora District: Latest News, Photos, Videos on Sihora District - NDTV.in".
  8. https://www.google.com/s/hindi.news18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/chhatarpur-youth-celebrated-terahavin-by-saying-that-promise-of-leaders-to-make-lavkush-nagar-a-district-is-dead-6990265.html [ dead link ]