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] These districts are grouped into ten 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 [lower-alpha 1] | Khandwa | 4,927 | 1,310,061 | 262 |  | |
| Khargone | WN [lower-alpha 2] | Khargone | 4,927 | 1,873,046 | 262 |  | |
| Balaghat | BL | Balaghat | Jabalpur | 9,229 | 1,701,698 | 184 |  |
| Chhindwara | CN | Chhindwara | 10,293 | 17,16,612 | 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 | Pandhurna | 1,522 | 374,310 | ||||
| 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 | Mauganj | 1,866 | 6,16,645 | ||||
| Maihar | Maihar | ||||||
| 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 19 March 2020. The following districts would be created: [6]
There is demand of districts from various regions like:
Madhya Pradesh is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Dewas, Sagar, Satna, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian state by area and the fifth largest state by population with over 72 million residents. It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the east, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west, and Rajasthan to the northwest.
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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Chhatarpur District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The town of Chhatarpur is the district headquarters.
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