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 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. 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

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

• Kaimur Plateau and Satpura Hills
• Vindhyan Plateau (Hills)
• Narmada valley
• Wainganga valley
• Mahakoshal Region
• Gird (Gwalior) Region
• Baghelkhand Region
• Bundelkhand Region
• Satpura Plateau (Hills)
• Malwa Plateau
• Nimar Plateau
• Jhabua Hills

List of districts

There are 52 districts in Madhya Pradesh divided in ten divisions.

Code	Division	District	Headquarters	Area (sq.km.)	Population (2011)	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		Khandwa	Khandwa	4,927	1,310,061	262		[20]
WN		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		[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		[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

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

See also

• List of tehsils of Madhya Pradesh