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 |
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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 [a] | Khandwa | 4,927 | 1,310,061 | 262 | ||
Khargone | WN [b] | 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: