MPwassettledon:1st November1956

Resettledon:1st November2000

MadhyaPradeshcelebratesitfoundationdayon1st Novemberalongwithfourotherstates.Thesestatesare:

Karnataka

Kerala

Chhatisgarh

Haryaa

Naming:SinceMadhyaPradeshislocatedincentralIndia,itwasgiventhenameMadhyaPradeshbyPandit Jawahar lal Nehru.

OtherNames:HeartofIndia,SoyaState,TigerState(asitharbors19%ofIndia's Tiger Populationand10%oftheworld's tiger population),Riverstate

(Nadiyo kaMaika )etc

Karnatakahasthehighestnumberoftigersintheagegroupof1.5yearswithmorethan408bigcats.

Otherstateswithsignificantpopulationsincluded Uttarakhand(340),MadhyaPradesh(308),TamilNadu(229), Maharashtra (190),

Indiaishometo2,226tigerswhichisabout60%oftheworld’swildtigerpopulationofabout3,890.

Indianowhas50tigerreservesthatcover2.12%ofthecountry’stotalgeographicalarea.

Capital:Bhopal

FinancialCapital:Indore

EnergyCapital: singhrauli

(Singrauli iscalledEnergycapitalofMadhyaPradeshonaccountoflargescalepowergenerationinthedistrict.)

MadhyaPradeshHighCourt: Jabalpur

Established:1st November1956

ChiefJusticeHC:Hemant Gupta

DivisionBenchedofHC: Gwalior,Indore

TotalAreaofMP:308252km2,whichaccountsfor9.38%oftotalareaofthecountry.

Insomeplace,308245km2 hasgivenasthetotalareaduetoAmarkantak’sKirar ValleyDispute.

Top5statesAreawiseRajasthan 342,239km2

MadhyaPradesh 308252km2

Maharashtra 307,713km2

UttarPradesh 240,928km2

Jammu&Kashmir 222,236km2

LengthofMP:605km(NorthtoSouth)

WidthofMP:870km(EasttoWest)

TotalAreaofIndia:3,287,263 km2

Length :3,214km (northtosouth)

Width:2,933km (EasttoWest)

StateSymbols

StateEmblem

StateAnimal:Barasingha (SwampDeer)

Kanha hasbecomethefirsttigerreserveinIndiatoofficiallyintroduceamascot— Bhoorsingh theBarasingha — topresentthehardground

swampdeerasthespiritofthereserveandspreadawarenesstosaveitfrompossibleextinction.

TheKanha tigerreserve,spreadoverMandla andBalaghat districts,istheonlyplaceintheworldwherethespeciesexists.

StateBird:Indianparadiseflycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)

Males haveelongatedcentraltailfeathers,andablackandrufous plumage insomepopulations,whileothershavewhiteplumage.

Females areshort-tailedwithrufous wingsandablackhead.

Rufous acolour thatmaybedescribedas reddish-brown or brownish-red,asofrustoroxidised iron

StateTree:Banyan

ThescientificnameofBanyanTree:Ficus bengalensis

Italsoisournationaltree

StateBird,AnimalandTreeweredeclaredasstatesymbolson25thanniversaryofMPon1st November1981)

StateCrop:soybean

StateFlower:WhiteLily

StateFish:TorTor fish(Mahseer)

Therangeofthesefishisfrom Malaysia, Indonesia,andacross southernAsia includingthe IndianPeninsula and Pakistan.

Theyarecommerciallyimportant gamefish,aswellashighlyesteemed foodfish.

Severalofthelargerspecieshavesufferedseveredeclines,andarenowconsidered threatened dueto pollution, habitatloss,and overfishing.

StateGame:Mallakamba

Mallakamba isatraditional Indian sportinwhicha gymnast performsaerial yoga posturesand wrestling gripsinconcertwithaverticalstationaryor

hangingwoodenpole,caneorhangingrope.

Mallakhamba derivesfromthetermsmalla/mallar whichdenotesawrestlerand khamba/kambam whichmeansapole.Literallymeaning"wrestlingpole"

StatefolkTheatre(Natya ):Maacha

Maach derivesitsnamefromthe Hindi wordmanch whichmeansastage.

Itisasungfolktheatrethathasasemisacredcharacter,blendingreligiousandsecularthemeswithinit.Manyofthethemesarehistorical,borrowingfromlocallegendsandtales

ofwarriorsandrulersbuttheyalsoborrowfromthe Puranas andtheHinduepicsof Mahabharata and Ramayana.

MusicisakeyelementofMaach performancesanddrawsextensivelyfrom Hindustaniclassical ragas withwordsandtunessettoreflecttheseasonoroccasiononwhichtheplay

isstaged

The sarangi, harmonium and dhol arecommonaccompaniments.

StateDance:Rai

StateSong:Sukh ke data

Lyricist:MaheshShrivastava

Singer:Shaantanu Mukherjee(Shaan)

TropicofcancerpassesthroughfourteendistrictsofMadhyaPradesh:

Ratlam,Ujjain,Shajapur,Rajgarh,Sehore,Bhopal,Vidisha,Raisen,Sagar,Damoh,Katni,Jabalpur,Umariya andShahdol

MadhyaPradeshsharesitsboundarywithfiveStates

UttarPradesh(12Districts)

Rajasthan(10Districts)

Maharashtra(9Districts)

Gujarat(2Distrcits )

Chhatisgarh (6Districts)

MoreInfromation :

LegislativeAssembly(VidhanSabha )Seats:230

(35seatsreservedforSCand47seatsforST)

UpperHouse(Rajya Sabha):11

LowerHouse(Loksabha ):29(4seatsforSCand6forSTarereserved)

Shivraj SinghChouhan representsBudhni constituency,atehsil placeinSehore district

DivisionsofMP:10

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

Jabalpuristhelargestdivisionareawise

Districts:51

51st – Alag Malwa in2013

DevelopmentBlocks: 313

Tribaldevelopmentblocks:89

MunicipalCorporation:16(Morena wasthe16th one,createdon8thAugust2014)

Municipalities: 100

NotifiedAreaCouncil(NAC)orCityCouncil(NagarPanchayat):263

TotalVillages:54903

SettledVillages(आबाद ग्राम):52117

VillagePanchayats:23006

MadhyaPradeshCensus2011

TotalPopulation:72626809

Male:51.8%

Female:48.2%

PopulationGrowthrate:20.30%

RuralPopulation:72.4%

UrbanPopulation:27.6%

SCpopulation:15.6%

STPopulation:21.2%

MadhyaPradeshstandsFirstinSTPopulation

PopulationDensity:236Person/km2

PopulationDensity(India):382Person/km2

LiteracyRate:69.32%

FemaleLiteracyRate:59.2%

MaleLiteracyRate:78.7%

MostLiterateDistrict:Jabalpur(81.1%)

LeastLiterateDistrict:Alirajpur (36.01%)

Sexratio

Femalesperthousandmales:931

LowestSexratioDistrict:Bhind (837)

HighestSexratioDistrict:Balaghat (1021)