Some quick facts on Madhya Pradesh includes information about its location, districts, cities, area, population, language, etc. One of the largest states of India, Madhya Pradesh shares its boundaries with other Indian states - Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan.

The state has 48 districts, which are grouped into 8 divisions. These are Bhopal, Chambal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa, Sagar and Ujjain.

Latitudinal Location: 23.30 N
Longitudinal Location: 80.00 E
Area: 308,144 square kilometer
Population: 60,385,118 (2001)
Principal language Spoken: Hindi
Literacy rate (2001): 64.11%
Per Capita Income (1992-93): 4,725

Quick Facts on Madhya Pradesh (How to Reach By Air): Madhya Pradesh has a number of airports. Gwalior, Khajuraho, Indore, Jabalpur and Bhopal are major airports of the state. Regular flights are operated by all major public and private airlines to these airports. The most convenient way to travel to Madhya Pradesh is the low cost and comfortable flights to the state.

Quick Facts on Madhya Pradesh (How to Reach By Rail): Bhopal is the main railway station of Gujarat. It operates many trains connecting it to the rest of India.

Quick Facts on Madhya Pradesh (How to Reach By Road): A well - planned network of National Highways and State Highways link the cities of Madhya Pradesh to the other Indian cities.

Area

At last estimate, the geographical area covered by Madhya Pradesh was 30.76 million hectares, which was included under 48 districts.

The forest area in Madhya Pradesh is 8.58 million hectares, that is 27.9 % of the total geographical area of the state. However, the cultivated area comprises about 49 %. Madhya Pradesh is situated in the heart of the country and enclosed by seven states:

Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh (south)
Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan (north)
Bihar and Orissa (east )
Gujarat (west)

In terms of size, Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian state with an area of 3,08,000 square kilometers. Though the state of Madhya Pradesh emerged in 1956, it assumed its current status in 2000 after its division into a new Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Madhya Pradesh comprises the following topographical areas:

Malwa- A plateau area in the northwest, north of the Vindhya Range. Indore and Ujjain are the primary towns here.
Nimar (Nemar)- The western part of the Narmada River valley, lying south of the Vindhyas in the southwest.
Bundelkhand- A zone of rolling hills and fertile valleys in the north, sloping down towards the Indo-Gangetic plain. Bhopal and Gwalior are located here.
Baghelkhand- A hilly region in the northeast, which consists of the eastern end of the Vindhya Range.
Mahakoshal (Mahakaushal)- In the southeastern part, it comprises the eastern edge of the Narmada river valley and the eastern Satpuras. Jabalpur is located here.

Madhya Pradesh with 76,429 square kilometers of forest regions boasts the maximum forest cover area amongst all states and Union Territories.

Pin Code

Pin Code in Madhya Pradesh follow the usual six digit postal index code that is the standardized system followed all over India. The many areas under a particular district have Related pin codes.

The Madhya Pradesh pin codes usually begin with cardinal number four. For example the regions within the corporation of Indore use 45 at the beginning of their pin codes. Similarly, the regions in the corporation of Bhopal begin with 46, and so on and so forth.

Pin Code or the codes based on the postal index number is essential to a country as big and diverse as India. Once indispensable for communication of all personal and official matters, importance of the pin code continues undiminished. Used still for official communication and to maintain personal interaction in the more remote areas where the modern modes of communication are largely absent, pin code is central to the communicative network of the country. more...

Telephone Code

Every district in Madhya Pradesh has a distinct telephone code. You must be aware about the telephone codes of Madhya Pradesh if you want to call up someone there. These telephone codes are also called STD codes.

The list below gives the telephone codes of some of the very important cities and towns in Madhya Pradesh :

Name of the City or Town	Telephone Code
Ajaigarh	7730
Amarwada	7167
Ashoknagar	7543
Atner	7144
Badnagar	7367
Baihar	7636
Balaghat	7632
Baldeogarh	7684
Bandhavgarh	7653
Bareli	7486
Betul	7141
Bhimpur	7142
Bhind	7534
Bhopal	755
Birsa	7637
Bhikangaon	7288
Baroda	7531
Berasia	7565
Burhanpur	7325
Chachaura	7546
Chanderi	7547
Chhapara	7691
Chhatarpur	7682
Chhindwara	7162
Chicholi	7145
Dabra	7524
Deosar	7801
Dhar	7292
Dharampuri	7294
Gairatganj	7481
Garoth	7425
Ghorandogri	7146
Gogaon	7287
Gopalganj	7695
Gourihar	7688
Gunnore	7731
Gyraspur	7596
Guna	7542
Gwalior	751
Hoshangabad	7574
Indore	731
Jabalpur	761
Jhabua	7392
Jaisinghnagar	7651
Jaithari	7659
Jatara	7681
Jobat	7393
Jora	7537
Kannodi	7656
Kareli	7793
Karpa	7628
Kasrawad	7285
Khajuraho	7686
Khandwa	733
Lanji	7635
Laher	7529
Majhagwan	7670
Majholi	7803
Manawar	7291
Mauganj	7663
Mawai	7648
Mehgaon	7527
Multai	7147
Maheshwar	7283
Mandsaur	7422
Mandla	7642
Mhow	7324
Nagod	7673
Nainpur	7646
Narsinghpur	7792
Nasrullaganj	7563
Pachmarhi	7578
Panna	7732
Patharia	7601
Pichhore	7496
Piparia	7576
Pushparajgarh	7629
Raghunathpur	7535
Rewa	7662
Sagar	7582
Sarangpur	7371
Satna	7672
Sendhwa	7281
Shivpuri	7492
Sidhi	7822
Singrauli	7805
Sirmour	7660
Sironj	7591
Sondhwa	7395
Sitamau	7426
Tikamgarh	7683
Thandla	7390
Ujjain	734

Last Updated on : 14^th March 2013