List of districts of Madhya Pradesh

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.

  Chambal division
  Gwalior division
  Bhopal division
  Ujjain division
  Indore division
  Narmadapuram division
  Sagar division
  Rewa division
  Shahdol division
  Jabalpur division

Regions

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

List of districts

There are 52 districts in Madhya Pradesh divided in ten divisions.[2][3] A new district, Niwari, was created in October 2018 by partitioning Tikamgarh district.[1] Niwari was declared the 52nd district on 1 October 2018.

Code[4] District Division Headquarters Area
(sq.km.) [5]		 Population
(2011) [5]		 Population density
(per sq.km)		 Location Map Official
Website
BP Bhopal district Bhopal Bhopal 2,772 2,371,061 855
RS Raisen district Raisen 8,446 1,331,597 158
RG Rajgarh district Rajgarh 6,154 1,545,814 251
SR Sehore district Sehore 6,578 1,311,332 199
VI Vidisha district Vidisha 7,371 1,458,875 198
MO Morena district Chambal Morena 4,991 1,965,970 394
SP Sheopur district Sheopur 6,585 687,861 104
BD Bhind district Bhind 4,459 1,703,005 382
GW Gwalior district Gwalior Gwalior 5,214 2,032,036 390
AS Ashoknagar district Ashoknagar 4,674 845,071 181
SV Shivpuri district Shivpuri 10,278 1,726,050 168
DT Datia district Datia 2,038 786,754 386
GU Guna district Guna 6,485 1,241,519 191
AL Alirajpur district Indore Alirajpur 3,182 728,999 229
BR Barwani district Barwani 5,432 1,385,881 255
BU Burhanpur district Burhanpur 2,473 757,847 306
IN Indore district Indore 3,898 3,276,697 841
DH Dhar district Dhar 8,153 2,185,793 268
JH Jhabua district Jhabua 6,782 1,025,048 151
EN[lower-alpha 1] Khandwa district Khandwa 4,927 1,292,042 262
WN[lower-alpha 2] Khargone district Khargone 4,927 1,292,042 262
BL Balaghat district Jabalpur Balaghat 9,229 1,701,698 184
CN Chhindwara district Chhindwara 11,815 2,090,922 177
JA Jabalpur district Jabalpur 5,210 2,463,289 473
KA Katni district Katni 4,927 1,292,042 262
ML Mandla district Mandla 5,805 1,054,905 182
NA Narsinghpur district Narsinghpur 5,133 1,091,854 213
SO Seoni district Seoni 8,758 1,379,131 157
DI Dindori district Dindori 7,427 704,524 95
BE Betul district Narmadapuram Betul 10,043 1,575,362 157
HA Harda district Harda 3,339 570,465 171
HO Hoshangabad district Hoshangabad 6,698 1,241,350 185
RE Rewa district Rewa Rewa 6,434 2,365,106 368
ST Satna district Satna 7,502 2,228,935 297
SI Sidhi district Sidhi 4,851 1,127,033 230
SN Singrauli district Singrauli 5,672 1,178,273 208
CT Chhatarpur district Sagar Chhatarpur 8,687 1,762,375 203
DM Damoh district Damoh 7,306 1,264,219 173
PA Panna district Panna 7,135 1,016,520 142
SG Sagar district Sagar 10,252 2,378,458 232
TI Tikamgarh district Tikamgarh 3,878 1,040,359 270
NI Niwari district Niwari 1,170 404,807 350
AP Anuppur district Shahdol Anuppur 3,746 749,237 200
SH Shahdol district Shahdol 6,205 1,066,063 172
UM Umaria district Umaria 4,026 644,758 160
AG Agar Malwa district Ujjain Agar Malwa 2,785 571,275 210
DE Dewas district Dewas 7,020 1,563,715 223
MS Mandsaur district Mandsaur 5,530 1,340,411 242
NE Neemuch district Neemuch 4,267 826,067 194
RL Ratlam district Ratlam 4,861 1,455,069 299
SJ Shajapur district Shajapur 3,460 941,403 270
UJ Ujjain district Ujjain 6,091 1,986,864 326

Future districts

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

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

References
  1. "Madhya Pradesh Gets New District Carved Out". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 1 October 2018.
  2. "Districts of Madhya Pradesh". Government of Madhya Pradesh. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  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. "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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