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.
List of districts edit
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 | 
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| Raisen | RS | Raisen | 8,446 | 1,331,597 | 158 | 
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| Rajgarh | RG | Rajgarh | 6,154 | 1,545,814 | 251 | 
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| Sehore | SR | Sehore | 6,578 | 1,311,332 | 199 | 
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| Vidisha | VI | Vidisha | 7,371 | 1,458,875 | 198 | 
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| Morena | MO | Morena | Chambal | 4,991 | 1,965,970 | 394 | 
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| Sheopur | SP | Sheopur | 6,585 | 687,861 | 104 | 
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| Bhind | BD | Bhind | 4,459 | 1,703,005 | 382 | 
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| Gwalior | GW | Gwalior | Gwalior | 5,214 | 2,032,036 | 390 | 
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| Ashoknagar | AS | Ashoknagar | 4,674 | 845,071 | 181 | 
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| Shivpuri | SV | Shivpuri | 10,278 | 1,726,050 | 168 | 
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| Datia | DT | Datia | 2,038 | 786,754 | 386 | 
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| Guna | GU | Guna | 6,485 | 1,241,519 | 191 | 
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| Alirajpur | AL | Alirajpur | Indore | 3,182 | 728,999 | 229 | 
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| Barwani | BR | Barwani | 5,432 | 1,385,881 | 255 | 
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| Burhanpur | BU | Burhanpur | 2,473 | 757,847 | 306 | 
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| Indore | IN | Indore | 3,898 | 3,276,697 | 841 | 
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| Dhar | DH | Dhar | 8,153 | 2,185,793 | 268 | 
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| Jhabua | JH | Jhabua | 6,782 | 1,025,048 | 151 | 
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| Khandwa | EN[a] | Khandwa | 4,927 | 1,310,061 | 262 | 
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| Khargone | WN[b] | Khargone | 4,927 | 1,873,046 | 262 | 
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| Balaghat | BL | Balaghat | Jabalpur | 9,229 | 1,701,698 | 184 | 
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| Chhindwara | CN | Chhindwara | 10,293 | 17,16,612 | 177 | 
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| Jabalpur | JA | Jabalpur | 5,210 | 2,463,289 | 473 | 
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| Katni | KA | Katni | 4,927 | 1,292,042 | 262 | 
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| Mandla | ML | Mandla | 5,805 | 1,054,905 | 182 | 
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| Narsinghpur | NA | Narsinghpur | 5,133 | 1,091,854 | 213 | 
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| Seoni | SO | Seoni | 8,758 | 1,379,131 | 157 | 
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| Dindori | DI | Dindori | 7,427 | 704,524 | 95 | 
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| Pandhurna | Pandhurna | 1,522 | 374,310 | ||||
| Betul | BE | Betul | Narmadapuram | 10,043 | 1,575,362 | 157 | 
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| Harda | HA | Harda | 3,339 | 570,465 | 171 | 
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| Narmadapuram | NA | Narmadapuram | 6,698 | 1,241,350 | 185 | 
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| Rewa | RE | Rewa | Rewa | 6,434 | 1,748,461 | 368 | 
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| Satna | ST | Satna | 7,502 | 2,228,935 | 297 | 
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| Sidhi | SI | Sidhi | 4,851 | 1,127,033 | 230 | 
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| Singrauli | Sh | Waidhan | 5,672 | 1,178,273 | 208 | 
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| Mauganj | Mauganj | 1,866 | 6,16,645 | ||||
| Maihar | Maihar | ||||||
| Chhatarpur | CT | Chhatarpur | Sagar | 8,687 | 1,762,375 | 203 | 
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| Damoh | DM | Damoh | 7,306 | 1,264,219 | 173 | 
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| Panna | PA | Panna | 7,135 | 1,016,520 | 142 | 
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| Sagar | SG | Sagar | 10,252 | 2,378,458 | 232 | 
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| Tikamgarh | TI | Tikamgarh | 3,878 | 1,040,359 | 268 | 
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| Niwari | NI | Niwari | 1,170 | 404,807 | 346 | 
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| Anuppur | AP | Anuppur | Shahdol | 3,746 | 749,237 | 200 | 
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| Shahdol | SH | Shahdol | 6,205 | 1,066,063 | 172 | 
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| Umaria | UM | Umaria | 4,026 | 644,758 | 160 | 
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| Agar Malwa | AG | Agar Malwa | Ujjain | 2,785 | 571,275 | 205 | 
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| Dewas | DE | Dewas | 7,020 | 1,563,715 | 223 | 
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| Mandsaur | MS | Mandsaur | 5,530 | 1,340,411 | 242 | 
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| Neemuch | NE | Neemuch | 4,267 | 826,067 | 194 | 
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| Ratlam | RL | Ratlam | 4,861 | 1,455,069 | 299 | 
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| Shajapur | SJ | Shajapur | 3,460 | 941,403 | 272 | 
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| Ujjain | UJ | Ujjain | 6,091 | 1,986,864 | 326 | 
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Proposed districts edit
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]
- Chachaura district (Guna)
- Nagda district (Ujjain)
- Pichhore District, (Shivpuri)
There is demand of districts from various regions like:
- Barwaha district (Khargone)
- Jaora district (Ratlam)
- Garoth district (Mandsaur)
- Ganj Basoda district (Vidisha)
- Sironj district (Vidisha)
- Gadarwara district (Narsinghpur)
- Lakhnadon district (Seoni)
- Multai district (Betul)
- Bina district, (Sagar)
- Khurai District, (Sagar)
- Chitrakoot district (Satna)
- Pipariya district (Hoshangabad)
- Laundi District, (Chhatarpur)[7]
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "DISTRICTS & DIVISIONS OF MADHYA PRADESH". District Portal of Madhya Pradesh. Government of Madhya Pradesh. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Districts of Madhya Pradesh". mpdistricts.nic.in. Government of Madhya Pradesh. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Profile". MPOnline. Government of India. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address" (PDF). National Informatics Centre. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India). 18 August 2004. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
- ^ a b "List of districts in Madhya Pradesh". Non Resident Indians Online. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- ^ Dwary, Anurag (19 March 2020). "Amid Crisis, Kamal Nath Okays Formation Of 3 Districts, Cabinet Minister Status To 7 Leaders". NDTV. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ https://www.google.com/s/hindi.news18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/chhatarpur-youth-celebrated-terahavin-by-saying-that-promise-of-leaders-to-make-lavkush-nagar-a-district-is-dead-6990265.html