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Introduction of Madhya Pradesh

Official Language Hindi

Settlement 01-Nov-1956

Capital Bhopal

Largest city Indore

Governor Om Prakash Kohli(Addl. charge)

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (BJP)

Legislature Unicameral (230 seats)

High Court Madhya Pradesh High Court Jabalpur

Area of State 308,252 km2(119,017 sq mi)

Area rank 2nd

State Population 72,597,565

Rank (Population) 5th

Density ( Population) 236/km2 (610/sq mi)

Urban 20,059,666

Rural 52,537,899

Total Division 10

Total Districts 51

Number of Cities 476

Number of Tehsil 342

Number of Blocks 313

Total number of villages 54,903

State animal Swamp Deer

State bird Paradise-flycatcher

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Madhya Pradesh is divided into ten divisions as given below:

Division Districts

Bhopal Division Bhopal, Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore, Vidisha

Gwalior Division Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Datia, Guna, Gwalior

Narmadapuram Division Harda, Hoshangabad, Betul

Chambal Division Morena, Sheopur, Bhind

Indore Division Barwani, Burhanpur, Dhar, Indore, Jhabua, Khandwa, Khargone, Alirajpur

Jabalpur Division Balaghat, Chhindwara, Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Seoni

Rewa Division Rewa, Satna, Sidhi, Singroli

Sagar Division Chhatarpur, Damoh, Panna, Sagar, Tikamgarh

Shahdol Division Shahdol, Umaria, Dindori, Anup Pur

Ujjain Division Dewas, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Shajapur, Ujjain

Dams of Madhya Pradesh

Dam River Nearest City

Gandhi Sagar Dam Chambal Mhow

Bansagar Dam Sone Amarpatan

Bargi Dam Narmada Jabalpur

Barna Dam Barna Bareli

Rivers of Madhya Pradesh

River Originates Falls/ Meet Total Length City

Tapti Multai in Betul District Gulf of Khambhat 724 Surat

Betwa Kumra village in Raisen district Yamuna 380 Hamirpur

Mahanadi Sihawa Bay of Bengal 858 Sambalpur

Shipra Vindhya Range Chambal River 195 Ujjain

Narmada Amarkantak Gulf of Khambhat 1312 Jabalpur

Chambal Singar Chouri Yamuna 960 Kota

Son Amarkantak Ganga 784 Magadha

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Lakes of Madhya Pradesh

Lake Location

Lower Lake Bhopal

Sharangpani Lake Bhopal

Bhojtal Lake Bhopal

Shahpura lake Bhopal

Moti lake Bhopal

Tawa Reservoir Hoshangabad

Famous Temples of Madhya Pradesh

Temple Location

Alamgir Gate Dhar

Gond Fort Chhindwara

Kamlapati Palace Bhopal

Rani Mahal Sagar

Open Air Museum Bhind

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Ujjain

Varaha Temple Khajuraho

Devi Jagdambi temple Khajuraho

Mahadeva temple Gwalior

Somavati Kund Dhar

Jali Mahal Dhar

Vishvanath Temple Khajuraho

Tila Monument Gwalior

Champa Baoli Dhar

Chor Kot Mosque Dhar

Dilawar Khan's Mosque Dhar

Ek Khamba Mahal Dhar

Lal Bungalow Dhar

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Tomb of Abul Fazal Gwalior

Old Mughal Fort Hoshangabad

Vishnu-Varaha Temple Jabalpur

Shri Omkareshwar Jyotirling Khandwa

Chitragupta temple Khajuraho

Folk Dances of Madhya Pradesh

Gangaur

This dance is performed mainly during the nine days of Gangaur festival, the associated rituals have

a number of dance and song sequences to it. Dance form performed on the occasion of Gangaur in

Nimar region is a devotional form in honour of their deity Ranubai and Dhaniyer Suryadev.

Badhai

Popular on the occasions of the birth, marriage and festivals in the Bundelkhand region is Badhai.

Men and women dance vigorously to the tunes of accompanying musical instruments. The dancers

accentuate supple and acrobats like movements and their colourful attire leave the viewer simply

amazed.

Matki

This is a community dance of the Malwa, Matki is performed by the women on various occasions.

The dancers move rhythmically to the beating of a drum, locally called Matki. Initiated by a lone

woman locally called Jhela, others join dressed in their traditional Malwi wardrobe and with a veil

covering their faces. The graceful hand movements and steps of the participants create a stunning

effect.

Baredi

Baredi dance is performed during the period starting the festival of Diwali till the day of Poornima.

One of Madhya Pradesh's most stunning performances, the dancers in a group of colourfully

dressed 8-10 young men are choreographed by a head male performer. Usually, a two-line

devotional poetry form called Diwari proceeds the dance performance.

Bhagoria

Quaint rhythms conjure up the tribal cultural identity of the Baiga tribe of Madhya Pradesh through

Dussehra and Dadariya dance. The start of Dussehra festival resounds with the gaiety of traditional

folk songs and dances of Baiga. On the occasion of Dussehra festival eligible a festival eligible males

of the Baiga community from one village visit another village, where they are traditionally

welcomed by the village young girls with their singing and performance of Dadariya dance.

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Ahirai

The major traditional dances of Bharia tribe of Madhya Pradesh are Bharam, Setam, Saila and

Ahirai. The most popular dance form of Bharia tribe is performed on the occasion of marriage.

Drums and timki (a pair of brass metal platter) are the two musical instruments used as an

accompaniment to this group dance performance.

Naurata

his dance has a special significance to the unmarried girls in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya

Pradesh. Naurata dance is performed by the brides to invoke the God seeking a good match and

conjugal bliss. The nine-day festivities during the period of Navratri are marked by creating Naurata

intricated designs outside the house made from lime and various colours.

Famous Tribes of Madhya Pradesh

Agariya Parja

Dhanwar Sahariya

Gadaba Saharia

Gadba Seharia

Halba Sehria

Halbi Sosia

Kamar Sor

Karku Saonta

Fairs and Festivals in Madhya Pradesh

Name Where When Duration of Festival

Special Attractions

Lokrang Festival Bhopal January Four to Five Days

Folk dance performances and exhibition

Akhil Bhartiya Kalidas Samaroh

Ujjain January Seven days Poetry Recitation & Story Reading

Khajuraho Festival Khajuraho First week of February Seven days Dance Performances

Bhagoria Haat Festival West Nimar(Khargon) and Jhabua

March, Before Holi Festival

Festival of Love

Holi All over Madhya Pradesh

March, last full moon day of the lunar month

Two days Festivals of Colour

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Ujjain Kumbh Mela Ujjain April to May; After

every 12 Years. One Month Ritual festival

Malwa Utsav Indore & Ujjain May

2 days in Ujjain

and 5 days in

Indore

Dance & Music

Festival

Dussehra All around

Madhya Pradesh October or November One day Firework

Nagaji Fair Morena November or

December One month

Tribal Dance

Performances

Deepawali All around

Madhya Pradesh

October or November:

15th day of Kartika

(October/November) in

the Hindu calendar

Four Days

Festival of lights,

firework, exchange of

sweets

Chethiyagiri Vihara Festival Sanchi End of November One day Ancient Buddhist relics

on display

Tansen Samaroh or Tansen

Sangeet Samaroh

Behat Village,

Gwalior December Four days

ndian Classical Vocal

and Musical

performances

Pachmarhi Utsav Pachmarhi December Five to Six days Exhibition, Cultural

Festival

Famous Nick Names of Madhya Pradesh Cities

Nick Name Region

Mini Mumbai Indore

City of Lakes Bhopal

Power Hub City Mundi

Soya region Madhya Pradesh

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Famous Stadiums of Madhya Pradesh

Stadium Sport City

Captain Roop Singh Stadium Cricket Gwalior

Maharani Usharaje Trust or Holkar Cricket Stadium Cricket Indore

Aishbagh Stadium Hockey Bhopal

Nehru Stadium Cricket Indore

Air Ports of Madhya Pradesh

Air Port City

Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport Indore

Raja Bhoj International Airport Bhopal

Jabalpur Airport, also known as Dumna Airport Jabalpur

Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Air Terminal Gwalior

National Parks of Madhya Pradesh

S. No. Name of National Park Year of Notification Total Area(km²)

1 Bandhavgarh National Park 1968 448.85

2 Fossil National Park 1983 0.27

3 Kanha National Park 1955 940

4 Madhav National Park 1959 375.22

5 Panna National Park 1981 542.67

6 Pench (Priyadarshini) National Park 1975 292.85

7 Sanjay National Park 1981 466.88

8 Satpura National Park 1981 585.17

9 Van Vihar National Park 1979 4.45

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Famous Personalities of Madhya Pradesh

Freedom Fighter

Chandra Shekhar Azad

Ravishankar Shukla

Tatya Tope

Rani Lakshmi Bai

Rani Avanti Bai

Tantya Bheel (Tantya Mama)

Jhalkari Bai

Scientists

Narendra Karmarkar, Gwalior

Anil Kakodkar, Barwani

Nobel laureates Kailash Satyarthi

Artists Wajid Khan

Craftspeople

Mohammed Yusuf Khatri

Mohammed Bilal Khatri

Sport medal winners

Sita Sahu

Varsha Varman

Aditya Joshi

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Mountaineer Ratnesh Pandey

Medicine

Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Bhopal born scholar of Unani medicine

Keshavrao Krishnarao Datey cardiologist

Chief Justices of India

J.S.Verma

Ramesh Chandra Lahoti

Governor of RBI Raghuram Rajan

Hindi and Urdu literature

Makhanlal Chaturvedi

Nathuram Premi

Ramkumar Verma

Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh

Harishankar Parsai

Sharad Joshi

Rahat Indori

Rajneesh

Bihari Lal

Abdul Qavi Desnavi

Rahat Indori

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Kaif Bhopali

Uday Prakash

Seth Govind Das

Hari Krishna Devsare

Nida Fazli

Anupam Mishra

Balachandra Shastri

Journalists

Makhanlal Chaturvedi

Nathuram Premi

Mrinal Pande

Prabhash Joshi

Deepak Chaurasia

Bollywood

Ashok Kumar

Lata Mangeshkar

Johnny Walker

Salim Khan

Salman Khan

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Sharat Saxena

Kumar Pallana

Jaya Bachchan

Raghuvir Yadav

Mamta Sharma

Arjun Rampal

Politics

B.R. Ambedkar

Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former PM of India

Kailash Nath Katju

Vijaya Raje Scindia

Madhavrao Scindia, former Union Minister

Paras Chandra Jain, Energy Minister, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Kailash Vijayvargiya, BJP National General Secretary

Kamal Patel, former Minister, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Arjun Singh, politician

Vasundhara Raje

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Sharad Yadav

Jaya Bachchan

Sumitra Mahajan

Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia

Prithviraj Chavan

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Presently Chief Minister

Uma Bharti

Digvijaya Singh

Cricket

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

Mushtaq Ali

Chandu Sarwate, former India cricketer.

Amay Khurasiya, former India cricketer.

Narendra Hirwani, former India cricketer.

C. K. Nayudu

Sanjay Jagdale

Narendra Menon

Sudhir Asnani

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Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer born in Indore.

Amay Khurasiya

Jai Prakash Yadav

Naman Ojha

Devendra Bundela

Nuzhat Parween

Ishwar Pandey

Major Commodities of Madhya Pradesh

Commodity National Share

Soyabeans 75%

Grams 36%

Oilseeds 25%

Pulses 24%

Food grains 8%

Mineral based industries in Madhya Pradesh

Industry Units Location

Cement 9 Rewa, Satna, Damoh, Katni, Sidji & Neemuch.

Thermal Power 10 Shahdol, Umariya, Sidhi, satna, Betul, Damoh, Katni, Rewa, Ujjain.

Coal Ossuary 3 Narsinghpur, Annuppur, Chindwara

Asbestos Cement Sheet 1 Katni

Ceramic 2 Ratlam, Jabalpur

Hydrated Lime 25 Katni, Satna

Slate Pencil 155 Mandsour

Clay product 2 Ujjain

Refectories 3 Katni, Ratlam, Jabalpur

Roofing Tiles 8 Hoshangabad, Balaghat

Marble cutting, Polishing 4 Katni

Granite cutting, polishing 5 Chattarpur, Tikamgarh

Flag Stone Cutting, polishing 150 Shivpuri, Gwalior, Panna, Vidisha

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