The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Madhya Pradesh:

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second ...

– 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. Rich in mineral resources, MP has the largest reserves of diamond and copper in India.

General reference

Names

* Common English name:

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: , * Official English name(s):

* Nickname(s): * Adjectival(s): Madhya Pradeshi *

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(s): Madhya Pradeshis

Rankings (amongst India's states)

* by population: 5th * by area (2011 census): 2nd * by crime rate (2015): 2nd * by gross domestic product (GDP) (2014): 9th * by Human Development Index (HDI): * by life expectancy at birth: * by literacy rate:

Geography of Madhya Pradesh

Geography of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second la ...

* Madhya Pradesh is: an

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

* Population of Madhya Pradesh: 72,597,565 (2011) * Area of Madhya Pradesh: 308,245 km² (119,014 sq mi) * Atlas of Madhya Pradesh

Location of Madhya Pradesh

* Madhya Pradesh is situated within the following regions: **

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Environment of Madhya Pradesh

* Wildlife of Madhya Pradesh **

Flora of Madhya Pradesh The flora of Madhya Pradesh province in India, is very rich and diverse. Central, eastern and southern parts of the state are forested, whereas northern and western parts are deficient in forest. Variability in climatic and edaphic conditions bri ...

Natural geographic features of Madhya Pradesh

Rivers of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh is a state in north-central India, is subtropical with substantial () monsoon rains that feed a large number of streams and rivers. The largest of these by volume is the Narmada, followed by the Tapti. Madhya Pradesh falls in fi ...

Regions of Madhya Pradesh

Ecoregions of Madhya Pradesh

Administrative divisions of Madhya Pradesh

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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. Cur ...

= Municipalities of Madhya Pradesh

= * Cities of Madhya Pradesh **

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of Madhya Pradesh: Capital of Madhya Pradesh

Demography of Madhya Pradesh

Demographics of Madhya Pradesh

Government and politics of Madhya Pradesh

Politics of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...

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: Indian state government (

parliamentary system A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of th ...

representative democracy Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represe ...

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of Madhya Pradesh:

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

* Elections in Madhya Pradesh

Union government in Madhya Pradesh

Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh The list of current and past Rajya Sabha members from the Madhya Pradesh State. The state elects 11 member for a term of six years and these members indirectly elected by the state legislators of Madhya Pradesh using single transferable votes. Me ...

* Madhya Pradesh Pradesh Congress Committee * Indian general election, 2009 (Madhya Pradesh)

Branches of the government of Madhya Pradesh

Government of Madhya Pradesh Government of Madhya Pradesh also known as the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 52 districts. It consists of an executiv ...

Executive branch of the government of Madhya Pradesh

Head of state A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and ...

Governor of Madhya Pradesh The governor of Madhya Pradesh is a nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president for a period of five years. Governors of Madhya Pradesh See also * M ...

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Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a ...

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the ch ...

Legislative branch of the government of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the ''Vi ...

* Constituencies of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Judicial branch of the government of Madhya Pradesh

Law and order in Madhya Pradesh

History of Madhya Pradesh

History of Madhya Pradesh The history of the Indian state Madhya Pradesh is divided into three periods - the ancient period, the medieval period and modern period. During the ancient period, the region was dominated by the Nanda Empire, the Maurya Empire, and the Gupta E ...

History of Madhya Pradesh, by period

Prehistoric Madhya Pradesh

Ancient Madhya Pradesh

Medieval Madhya Pradesh

Colonial Madhya Pradesh

Contemporary Madhya Pradesh

History of Madhya Pradesh, by region

History of Madhya Pradesh, by subject

Culture of Madhya Pradesh

Culture of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second ...

* Architecture of Madhya Pradesh * Cuisine of Madhya Pradesh * Monuments in Madhya Pradesh ** Monuments of National Importance in Madhya Pradesh ** State Protected Monuments in Madhya Pradesh * World Heritage Sites in Madhya Pradesh

Art in Madhya Pradesh

* Music of Madhya Pradesh

People of Madhya Pradesh

People from Madhya Pradesh A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property ...

Religion in Madhya Pradesh

Religion in Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second ...

Christianity in Madhya Pradesh Christianity is a minority religion in Madhya Pradesh, a state of India. Hindus form the majority in the state. The Dioceses of Bhopal and of Jabalpur of the Church of North India have their seats in Madhya Pradesh. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese ...

Sports in Madhya Pradesh

Sports in Madhya Pradesh * Cricket in Madhya Pradesh **

Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA), headquartered at Indore, India, is the governing body of cricket in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the Madhya Pradesh cricket team. The board was formed in 1940 as the Holkar Cricket Associati ...

Madhya Pradesh cricket team The Madhya Pradesh cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It competes in the Ranji Trophy. History Holkar cricket team A Central India team competed in the Ranji Trophy between 1934–35 and ...

* Football in Madhya Pradesh **

Madhya Pradesh football team The Madhya Pradesh football team is an Indian football team representing Madhya Pradesh in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy The Santosh Trophy, officially known as Hero Senior Men's National Football Championsh ...

Symbols of Madhya Pradesh

Symbols of Madhya Pradesh This is a list of the symbols of the states and union territories of India. Each state and union territory has a unique set of official symbols, usually a state emblem, an animal, a bird, a flower and a tree. A second animal (fish, butterfly, r ...

* State animal:बारहसिंहा * State bird:दूधराज * State flower:सफेद लिली * State seal: Seal of Madhya Pradesh _ * State tree: साल

Economy and infrastructure of Madhya Pradesh

Economy of Madhya Pradesh The economy of Madhya Pradesh refers to the economic growth with respect to the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It grew 12% in GDP for the year of 2011–12, for which it received an award from the President Pranab Mukherjee in January 2013 for i ...

Madhya Pradesh Stock Exchange Madhya Pradesh Stock Exchange (MPSE) was a stock exchange located at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was a SEBI recognized Permanent Stock Exchange, until its de-recognition in 2015. Established in 1919, it was 3rd oldest stock exchange in Ind ...

Tourism in Madhya Pradesh Tourism in Madhya Pradesh has been an attraction of India because of its location in the centre of the country. Madhya Pradesh has won Best Tourism State National award for 3 consecutive years i.e. 2017, 2016 and 2015. Natural environment Th ...

* Transport in Madhya Pradesh **

Airports in Madhya Pradesh An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfac ...

Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh began in the year 1867 when Allahabad–Jabalpur branch line was opened in June 1867. The Etarsi to Jabalpur section was opened on 7 March 1870 by GIPR, linking up with EIR track at Jabalpur from Allahabad, and es ...

Education in Madhya Pradesh

Education in Madhya Pradesh * Institutions of higher education in Madhya Pradesh

Health in Madhya Pradesh

References

External links

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MP Government Portal

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