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.
There are 55 districts in Madhya Pradesh, categorized into ten divisions. [2] [3]
District | Code [4] | Headquarters | Division | Area (km2) [5] | Population (2011) [5] | Population density (per km2) | Location Map |
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Bhopal | BP | Bhopal | Bhopal division | 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 | |
Sheopur | SP | Sheopur | 6,585 | 687,861 | 104 | ||
Bhind | BD | Bhind | 4,459 | 1,703,005 | 382 | ||
Gwalior | GW | Gwalior | Gwalior | 5,214 | 2,032,036 | 390 | |
Ashoknagar | AS | Ashoknagar | 4,674 | 845,071 | 181 | ||
Shivpuri | SV | Shivpuri | 10,278 | 1,726,050 | 168 | ||
Datia | DT | Datia | 2,038 | 786,754 | 386 | ||
Guna | GU | Guna | 6,485 | 1,241,519 | 191 | ||
Alirajpur | AL | Alirajpur | Indore | 3,182 | 728,999 | 229 | |
Barwani | BR | Barwani | 5,432 | 1,385,881 | 255 | ||
Burhanpur | BU | Burhanpur | 2,473 | 757,847 | 306 | ||
Indore | IN | Indore | 3,898 | 3,276,697 | 841 | ||
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 | ||
Balaghat | BL | Balaghat | Jabalpur | 9,229 | 1,701,698 | 184 | |
Chhindwara | CN | Chhindwara | 10,293 | 1,716,612 | 177 | ||
Jabalpur | JA | Jabalpur | 5,210 | 2,463,289 | 473 | ||
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 | ||
Seoni | SO | Seoni | 8,758 | 1,379,131 | 157 | ||
Dindori | DI | Dindori | 7,427 | 704,524 | 95 | ||
Pandhurna | PD | Pandhurna | 1,522 | 374,310 | 246 | ||
Betul | BE | Betul | Narmadapuram | 10,043 | 1,575,362 | 157 | |
Harda | HA | Harda | 3,339 | 570,465 | 171 | ||
Narmadapuram | NA | Narmadapuram | 6,698 | 1,241,350 | 185 | ||
Rewa | RE | Rewa | Rewa | 6,434 | 1,748,461 | 368 | |
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 | ||
Mauganj | MG | Mauganj | 1,866 | 616,645 | 331 | ||
Maihar | MH | Maihar | 2,722.79 | 856,028 | 314 | ||
Chhatarpur | CT | Chhatarpur | Sagar | 8,687 | 1,762,375 | 203 | |
Damoh | DM | Damoh | 7,306 | 1,264,219 | 173 | ||
Panna | PA | Panna | 7,135 | 1,016,520 | 142 | ||
Sagar | SG | Sagar | 10,252 | 2,378,458 | 232 | ||
Tikamgarh | TI | Tikamgarh | 3,878 | 1,040,359 | 268 | ||
Niwari | NI | Niwari | 1,170 | 404,807 | 346 | ||
Anuppur | AP | Anuppur | Shahdol | 3,746 | 749,237 | 200 | |
Shahdol | SH | Shahdol | 6,205 | 1,066,063 | 172 | ||
Umaria | UM | Umaria | 4,026 | 644,758 | 160 | ||
Agar Malwa | AG | Agar Malwa | Ujjain | 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 | ||
Ujjain | UJ | Ujjain | 6,091 | 1,986,864 | 326 | ||
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:
The West Central Railway, one of the 19 zones of the Indian Railways, came into existence on 1 April 2003. It is headquartered at Jabalpur. It was created by taking away two divisions namely Bhopal division and Jabalpur division from central railways and one division namely Kota division from Western Railway zone. The WCR zone provides rail route coverage to the west central region of India. Most of its route is in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan with a very little portion in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Chhatarpur is a city and a municipality in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Chhatarpur District.
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