Madhya Pradesh मध्य प्रदेश |
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Location of Madhya Pradesh in India |
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Coordinates: 23°15′00″N 77°25′01″E / 23.25°N 77.417°ECoordinates: 23°15′00″N 77°25′01″E / 23.25°N 77.417°E | ||
Country | India | |
Region | Malwa, Bundelkhand, Baghelkhand, Nimar, Mahakoshal and Gird (Gird region also includes Chambal division) | |
Formation | 1 November 1956 | |
Capital | Bhopal | |
Largest city | Indore | |
Districts | 51 | |
Government | ||
• Governor | Om Prakash Kohli(Addl. charge) | |
• Chief Minister | Shivraj Singh Chouhan (BJP) | |
• Legislature | Unicameral (230 seats) | |
• High Court | Madhya Pradesh High Court Jabalpur | |
Area | ||
• State | 308,245 km2 (119,014 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 2nd | |
Population (2011) | ||
• State | 72,597,565 | |
• Rank | 5th | |
• Density | 236/km2 (610/sq mi) | |
• Urban | 20,059,666 | |
• Rural | 52,537,899 | |
Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | |
PIN | 45xxxx-46xxxx-47xxxx-48xxxx | |
ISD code | 91-07xxx | |
ISO 3166 code | IN-MP | |
HDI | 0.375 (low) | |
Literacy | 69.32% (2011) | |
Sex ratio | 931 (2011) | |
Official language | Hindi | |
Website | mp |
Language | Hindi |
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Song | ... (Adopted on 1 November 2010) |
Animal | Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii, swamp deer) |
Bird | Dudhraj |
Fish | Mahseer |
Flower | White lily |
Fruit | Mango |
Tree | Banyan |
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1951 | 18,615,000 |
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1961 | 23,218,000 | 24.7% | |
1971 | 30,017,000 | 29.3% | |
1981 | 38,169,000 | 27.2% | |
1991 | 48,566,000 | 27.2% | |
2001 | 60,348,000 | 24.3% | |
2011 | 72,597,565 | 20.3% | |
Source:Census of India |
Madhya Pradesh (MP) (/ˈmɑːdjə prəˈdɛʃ/, , meaning Central Province) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore. Nicknamed the "heart of India" due to its geographical location in India, Madhya Pradesh is the second-largest state in the country by area. With over 75 million inhabitants, it is the fifth-largest state in India by population. It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the southeast, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west, and Rajasthan to the northwest. Its total area is 308,245 km². Before 2000, When Chattisgarh was a part of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh was the largest state in India and the distance between the two furthest points inside the state, Singoli and Konta, was 1500 km.