List of districts of Madhya Pradesh

   Chambal division

   Gwalior division

   Bhopal division

   Ujjain division

   Indore division

   Narmadapuram division

   Sagar division

   Rewa division

   Shahdol division

   Jabalpur division

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 new districts, Chachaura and Nagda, were approved by the state cabinet on 18th March 2020. ^[2] These 55 districts are grouped into 10 administrative divisions. Districts are subdivided into tehsils, of which there are 428 in Madhya Pradesh.

List of districts

There are 55 districts in Madhya Pradesh, categorized into ten divisions. ^{[3] [4]}

District	Code [5]	Headquarters	Division	Area (km2) [6]	Population (2011) [6]	Population density (per km2)	Location Map
Bhopal	BP	Bhopal	Bhopal	2,772	2,371,061	855
Raisen	RS	Raisen		8,446	1,331,597	158
Rajgarh	RG	Rajgarh		6,154	1,545,814	251
Sehore	SR	Sehore		6,578	1,311,332	199
Vidisha	VI	Vidisha		7,371	1,458,875	198
Morena	MO	Morena	Chambal	4,991	1,965,970	394
Bhind	BD	Bhind		4,459	1,703,005	382
Sheopur	SP	Sheopur		6,585	687,861	104
Gwalior	GW	Gwalior	Gwalior	5,214	2,032,036	390
Ashoknagar	AS	Ashoknagar		4,674	845,071	181
Datia	DT	Datia		2,038	786,754	386
Guna	GU	Guna		6,485	1,241,519	191
Shivpuri	SV	Shivpuri		10,278	1,726,050	168
Indore	IN	Indore	Indore	3,898	3,276,697	841
Alirajpur	AL	Alirajpur		3,182	728,999	229
Barwani	BR	Barwani		5,432	1,385,881	255
Burhanpur	BU	Burhanpur		2,473	757,847	306
Dhar	DH	Dhar		8,153	2,185,793	268
Jhabua	JH	Jhabua		6,782	1,025,048	151
Khandwa	EN [a]	Khandwa		4,927	1,310,061	262
Khargone	WN [b]	Khargone		4,927	1,873,046	262
Jabalpur	JA	Jabalpur	Jabalpur	5,210	2,463,289	473
Balaghat	BL	Balaghat		9,229	1,701,698	184
Chhindwara	CN	Chhindwara		10,293	1,716,612	177
Dindori	DI	Dindori		7,427	704,524	95
Katni	KA	Katni		4,927	1,292,042	262
Mandla	ML	Mandla		5,805	1,054,905	182
Narsinghpur	NA	Narsinghpur		5,133	1,091,854	213
Pandhurna	PD	Pandhurna		1,522	374,310	246
Seoni	SO	Seoni		8,758	1,379,131	157
Narmadapuram	NA	Narmadapuram	Narmadapuram	6,698	1,241,350	185
Betul	BE	Betul		10,043	1,575,362	157
Harda	HA	Harda		3,339	570,465	171
Rewa	RE	Rewa	Rewa	6,434	1,748,461	368
Maihar	MH	Maihar		2,722.79	856,028	314
Mauganj	MG	Mauganj		1,866	616,645	331
Satna	ST	Satna		7,502	2,228,935	297
Sidhi	SI	Sidhi		4,851	1,127,033	230
Singrauli	SH	Waidhan		5,672	1,178,273	208
Sagar	SG	Sagar	Sagar	10,252	2,378,458	232
Chhatarpur	CT	Chhatarpur		8,687	1,762,375	203
Damoh	DM	Damoh		7,306	1,264,219	173
Niwari	NI	Niwari		1,170	404,807	346
Panna	PA	Panna		7,135	1,016,520	142
Tikamgarh	TI	Tikamgarh		3,878	1,040,359	268
Shahdol	SH	Shahdol	Shahdol	6,205	1,066,063	172
Anuppur	AP	Anuppur		3,746	749,237	200
Umaria	UM	Umaria		4,026	644,758	160
Ujjain	UJ	Ujjain	Ujjain	6,091	1,986,864	326
Agar Malwa	AG	Agar Malwa		2,785	571,275	205
Dewas	DE	Dewas		7,020	1,563,715	223
Mandsaur	MS	Mandsaur		5,530	1,340,411	242
Neemuch	NE	Neemuch		4,267	826,067	194
Ratlam	RL	Ratlam		4,861	1,455,069	299
Shajapur	SJ	Shajapur		3,460	941,403	272

Proposed districts

Announced by state government during election in 2023-24 :

• Pichhore District (Shivpuri)
• Junnardeo district (Chhindwara)

There is demand of districts from various regions like:

• Barwaha district (Khargone)
• Jaora district (Ratlam)
• Garoth district (Mandsaur)
• Manawar District (Dhar)
• Ganj Basoda district (Vidisha)
• Sironj district (Vidisha)
• Gadarwara district (Narsinghpur)
• Lakhnadon district (Seoni)
• Gohad district (Bhind)
• Dabra District, (Gwalior)
• Sihora District ^[7] (Jabalpur)
• Bina district, (Sagar)
• Khurai District, (Sagar)
• Shahgarh District, (Sagar)
• Chitrakoot district,Madhya Pradesh (Satna)
• Bagli District, (Dewas)
• Pipariya district (Hoshangabad)
• Bijawar District ,(Chhatarpur))
• Laundi District, (Chhatarpur)
• Chandla District,(Chhatarpur)
• Beohari District, (Shahdol) ^[8]

Notes

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

References

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3. "Districts of Madhya Pradesh". mpdistricts.nic.in. Government of Madhya Pradesh. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
4. "Madhya Pradesh Profile". MPOnline. Government of India . Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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7. "Sihora District: Latest News, Photos, Videos on Sihora District - NDTV.in".
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