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The Indian State of Madhya Pradesh came into existence on 1 November 1956. Madhya Pradesh has various regions which have no official administrative governmental status but they are purely geographic regions; some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces. Currently, the number of districts in the state is 52.[1] These districts are grouped into ten administrative divisions. The regions and district in Madhya Pradesh is shown below. In 2000, the state broke up into two, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Regions[edit | edit source]

Agro-climatically, geographically, historically, and according to political sentiments, Madhya Pradesh has following main regions :

List of districts[edit | edit source]

There are 52 districts in Madhya Pradesh divided in ten divisions.[2][3]

Code[4] Division District Headquarters Area
(sq.km.) [5]
Population
(2011) [5]
Population density
(per sq.km)
Location Map Official
Website
BP Bhopal Bhopal Bhopal 2,772 2,371,061 855 [1]
RS Raisen Raisen 8,446 1,331,597 158 [2]
RG Rajgarh Rajgarh 6,154 1,545,814 251 [3]
SR Sehore Sehore 6,578 1,311,332 199 [4]
VI Vidisha Vidisha 7,371 1,458,875 198 [5]
MO Chambal Morena Morena 4,991 1,965,970 394 [6]
SP Sheopur Sheopur 6,585 687,861 104 [7]
BD Bhind Bhind 4,459 1,703,005 382 [8]
GW Gwalior Gwalior Gwalior 5,214 2,032,036 390 [9]
AS Ashoknagar Ashoknagar 4,674 845,071 181 [10]
SV Shivpuri Shivpuri 10,278 1,726,050 168 [11]
DT Datia Datia 2,038 786,754 386 [12]
GU Guna Guna 6,485 1,241,519 191 [13]
AL Indore Alirajpur Alirajpur 3,182 728,999 229 [14]
BR Barwani Barwani 5,432 1,385,881 255 [15]
BU Burhanpur Burhanpur 2,473 757,847 306 [16]
IN Indore Indore 3,898 3,276,697 841 [17]
DH Dhar Dhar 8,153 2,185,793 268 [18]
JH Jhabua Jhabua 6,782 1,025,048 151 [19]
EN[lower-alpha 1] Khandwa Khandwa 4,927 1,310,061 262 [20]
WN[lower-alpha 2] Khargone Khargone 4,927 1,873,046 262 [21]
BL Jabalpur Balaghat Balaghat 9,229 1,701,698 184 [22]
CN Chhindwara Chhindwara 11,815 2,090,922 177 [23]
JA Jabalpur Jabalpur 5,210 2,463,289 473 [24]
KA Katni Katni 4,927 1,292,042 262 [25]
ML Mandla Mandla 5,805 1,054,905 182 [26]
NA Narsinghpur Narsinghpur 5,133 1,091,854 213 [27]
SO Seoni Seoni 8,758 1,379,131 157 [28]
DI Dindori Dindori 7,427 704,524 95 [29]
BE Narmadapuram Betul Betul 10,043 1,575,362 157 [30]
HA Harda Harda 3,339 570,465 171 [31]
HO Narmadapuram Narmadapuram 6,698 1,241,350 185 [32]
RE Rewa Rewa Rewa 6,434 2,365,106 368 [33]
ST Satna Satna 7,502 2,228,935 297 [34]
SI Sidhi Sidhi 4,851 1,127,033 230 [35]
Sh Singrauli Waidhan 5,672 1,178,273 208 [36]
CT Sagar Chhatarpur Chhatarpur 8,687 1,762,375 203 [37]
DM Damoh Damoh 7,306 1,264,219 173 [38]
PA Panna Panna 7,135 1,016,520 142 [39]
SG Sagar Sagar 10,252 2,378,458 232 [40]
TI Tikamgarh Tikamgarh 3,878 1,040,359 268 [41]
NI Niwari Niwari 1,170 404,807 346 [42]
AP Shahdol Anuppur Anuppur 3,746 749,237 200 File:MP Anuppur district map.svg [43]
SH Shahdol Shahdol 6,205 1,066,063 172 [44]
UM Umaria Umaria 4,026 644,758 160 [45]
AG Ujjain Agar Malwa Agar Malwa 2,785 571,275 205 File:MP Agar Malwa district map.svg [46]
DE Dewas Dewas 7,020 1,563,715 223 [47]
MS Mandsaur Mandsaur 5,530 1,340,411 242 [48]
NE Neemuch Neemuch 4,267 826,067 194 [49]
RL Ratlam Ratlam 4,861 1,455,069 299 [50]
SJ Shajapur Shajapur 3,460 941,403 272 [51]
UJ Ujjain Ujjain 6,091 1,986,864 326 [52]

Future districts[edit | edit source]

A bill regarding creation of 3 districts namely Nagda, Maihar and Chachaura was passed on 19 March 2020.[6]

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

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

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Madhya Pradesh | District Portal". mpdistricts.nic.in. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  2. "Districts of Madhya Pradesh". Government of Madhya Pradesh. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2017. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 19 January 2019 suggested (help)
  3. "MPOnline: Contact Government". www.mponline.gov.in. MPOnline.
  4. "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2" (PDF). Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. 2004-08-18. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "List of Districts of Madhya Pradesh". www.nriol.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  6. "Amid Crisis, Kamal Nath Okays Formation Of 3 Districts, Cabinet Minister Status To 7 Leaders". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 19 March 2020.

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