List of districts of Madhya Pradesh

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 54.[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

There are 53 districts in Madhya Pradesh, categorized into ten divisions.[2][3]

Code[4] Division District Headquarters Area
(km2)[5]
Population
(2011)[5]
Population density
(per km2)
Location Map
BP Bhopal division Bhopal Bhopal 2,772 2,371,061 855
RS Raisen Raisen 8,446 1,331,597 158
RG Rajgarh Rajgarh 6,154 1,545,814 251
SR Sehore Sehore 6,578 1,311,332 199
VI Vidisha Vidisha 7,371 1,458,875 198
MO Chambal Morena Morena 4,991 1,965,970 394
SP Sheopur Sheopur 6,585 687,861 104
BD Bhind Bhind 4,459 1,703,005 382
GW Gwalior Gwalior Gwalior 5,214 2,032,036 390
AS Ashoknagar Ashoknagar 4,674 845,071 181
SV Shivpuri Shivpuri 10,278 1,726,050 168
DT Datia Datia 2,038 786,754 386
GU Guna Guna 6,485 1,241,519 191
AL Indore Alirajpur Alirajpur 3,182 728,999 229
BR Barwani Barwani 5,432 1,385,881 255
BU Burhanpur Burhanpur 2,473 757,847 306
IN Indore Indore 3,898 3,276,697 841
DH Dhar Dhar 8,153 2,185,793 268
JH Jhabua Jhabua 6,782 1,025,048 151
EN[lower-alpha 1] Khandwa Khandwa 4,927 1,310,061 262
WN[lower-alpha 2] Khargone Khargone 4,927 1,873,046 262
BL Jabalpur Balaghat Balaghat 9,229 1,701,698 184
CN Chhindwara Chhindwara 11,815 2,090,922 177
JA Jabalpur Jabalpur 5,210 2,463,289 473
KA Katni Katni 4,927 1,292,042 262
ML Mandla Mandla 5,805 1,054,905 182
NA Narsinghpur Narsinghpur 5,133 1,091,854 213
SO Seoni Seoni 8,758 1,379,131 157
DI Dindori Dindori 7,427 704,524 95
BE Narmadapuram Betul Betul 10,043 1,575,362 157
HA Harda Harda 3,339 570,465 171
NA Narmadapuram Narmadapuram 6,698 1,241,350 185
RE Rewa Rewa Rewa 6,434 2,365,106 368
ST Satna Satna 7,502 2,228,935 297
SI Sidhi Sidhi 4,851 1,127,033 230
Sh Singrauli Waidhan 5,672 1,178,273 208
CT Sagar Chhatarpur Chhatarpur 8,687 1,762,375 203
DM Damoh Damoh 7,306 1,264,219 173
PA Panna Panna 7,135 1,016,520 142
SG Sagar Sagar 10,252 2,378,458 232
TI Tikamgarh Tikamgarh 3,878 1,040,359 268
NI Niwari Niwari 1,170 404,807 346
AP Shahdol Anuppur Anuppur 3,746 749,237 200
SH Shahdol Shahdol 6,205 1,066,063 172
UM Umaria Umaria 4,026 644,758 160
AG Ujjain Agar Malwa Agar Malwa 2,785 571,275 205
DE Dewas Dewas 7,020 1,563,715 223
MS Mandsaur Mandsaur 5,530 1,340,411 242
NE Neemuch Neemuch 4,267 826,067 194
RL Ratlam Ratlam 4,861 1,455,069 299
SJ Shajapur Shajapur 3,460 941,403 272
UJ Ujjain Ujjain 6,091 1,986,864 326

Proposed districts

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]

Notes

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

References

  1. "DISTRICTS & DIVISIONS OF MADHYA PRADESH". District Portal of Madhya Pradesh. Government of Madhya Pradesh. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. "Districts of Madhya Pradesh". mpdistricts.nic.in. Government of Madhya Pradesh. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. "Madhya Pradesh Profile". MPOnline. Government of India. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. "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.
  5. "List of districts in Madhya Pradesh". Non Resident Indians Online. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  6. 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.
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