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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh is a state in the of . The name "Madhya Pradesh" means "central region", and derives from its geographical position. It is one of the few states of India that is completely surrounded by other states, having neither a border with another country nor a coastline.
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is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both and division. It is known as the City of Lakes, due to presence of various natural and artificial lakes near the city boundary.

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, the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh, is on the Malwa Plateau. While growing at a fast pace, it still manages to combine traditional and modern lifestyles.

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is a historic city in northern Madhya Pradesh. 's history is reflected most famously in its fort, but also in the architecture of other buildings, and in addition, the city is known as a centre of Indian classical music.

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is a region of that consists of the divisions of Indore and Ujjain.

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Jabalpur Division is an administrative geographical unit of Madhya Pradesh state of India. is the administrative headquarters of the division.

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is in .

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is in .

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is in Madhya Pradesh.

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is a historic city in Madhya Pradesh, . Known for its ancient temples, archaeological sites, and cultural heritage, is a must-visit destination for history enthusiasts and travellers exploring central India.

Madhya Pradesh

Latitude of center
23.8143° or 23° 48′ 52″ north
Longitude of center
77.5341° or 77° 32′ 3″ east
Population
72,600,000
Elevation
584 metres (1,916 feet)
Abbreviation
“MP”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2240991961
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1264542
Wiki­data ID
Q1188
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Madhya Pradesh” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Afrikaans: “Madja Pradesj”
  • Amharic: “ማድየ ፕረዴሽ”
  • Angika: “मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Arabic: “مادهيا براديش”
  • Arabic: “ماديا براديش”
  • Arabic: “مدهيا برديش”
  • Arabic: “مديا بارداش”
  • Arabic: “مدية برديش”
  • Aragonese: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Armenian: “Մադհյա Պրադեշ”
  • Assamese: “মধ্য প্ৰদেশ”
  • Asturian: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Awadhi: “मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Azerbaijani: “Madhya-Pradeş”
  • Balinese: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Basque: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Belarusian: “Мадг’я-Прадэш”
  • Belarusian: “Мадх’я-Прадэш”
  • Belarusian: “Мадхя-Прадэш”
  • Bengali: “মধ্যপ্রদেশ”
  • Bhojpuri: “मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Bishnupriya: “মধ্য প্রদেশ”
  • Breton: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Bulgarian: “Мадхя Прадеш”
  • Burmese: “မဇ္ဈဒေသ ပြည်နယ်”
  • Burmese: “မဇ္ဈဒေသပြည်နယ်”
  • Burmese: “မဇ္ဈပဒေသပြည်နယ်”
  • Burmese: “မာဒယဲ ပရာဒက်ရှ်”
  • Catalan: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Cebuano: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Central Bikol: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Chechen: “Мадхья-Прадеш”
  • Chinese: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Chinese: “中央邦”
  • Chuvash: “Мадхья-Прадеш”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Madhya Pradeş”
  • Croatian: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Czech: “Madhjapradéš”
  • Danish: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Dhivehi: “މަދްޔަ ޕްރަދޭޝް”
  • Dotyali: “मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Dutch: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماديا براديش”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Ŝtato”
  • Esperanto: “Madhja-Pradeŝo”
  • Esperanto: “Madja-Pradeŝo”
  • Estonian: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Finnish: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • French: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Galician: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Georgian: “მადჰია-პრადეში”
  • German: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Goan Konkani: “Madhya Pradex”
  • Goan Konkani: “मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Greek: “Μαντία Πραντές”
  • Greek: “Μάντια Πραντές”
  • Gujarati: “મધ્ય પ્રદેશ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Tûng-ông-pâng”
  • Hausa: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Hebrew: “מאדהיה פראדש”
  • Hebrew: “מאדהיה פרדש”
  • Hindi: “मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Hungarian: “Madhja Prades”
  • Icelandic: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Ido: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Indonesian: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Interlingua: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Irish: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Italian: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Japanese: “マディヤ・プラデーシュ”
  • Japanese: “マディヤ・プラデーシュ州”
  • Kannada: “ಮಧ್ಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kashmiri: “مدھیہ پردیش”
  • Kashmiri: “مَدھیَہ پرَٛدیش”
  • Kazakh: “Мадхья-Прадеш”
  • Kirghiz: “Мадхья-Прадеш”
  • Komering: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Korean: “마디아프라데시 주”
  • Korean: “마디아프라데시”
  • Korean: “마디아프라데시주”
  • Ladin: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Latin: “Madhya Pradesa”
  • Latin: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Latvian: “Madhja Pradēša”
  • Lithuanian: “Madhja Pradešas”
  • Macedonian: “Мадја Прадеш”
  • Maithili: “मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Maithili: “मध्ये प्रदेस”
  • Malagasy: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Malay: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Malayalam: “മധ്യപ്രദേശ്”
  • Malayalam: “മധ്യപ്രദേശ്‌”
  • Manipuri: “ꯃꯗꯍꯤꯌꯥ ꯄ꯭ꯔꯥꯗꯦꯁ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯃꯗꯙ꯭ꯌ ꯄ꯭ꯔꯗꯦꯁ”
  • Marathi: “मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Mazanderani: “مادیا پرادش”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Mingrelian: “მადჰია-პრადეში”
  • Mongolian: “Мадхья-Прадеш”
  • Mongolian: “Мадхя Прадеш”
  • Nepali: “मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Newari: “मध्य प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Norwegian: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Oriya: “ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରଦେଶ”
  • Ossetian: “Мадхья-Прадеш”
  • Pampanga: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੱਧ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼”
  • Persian: “مادایا پرادش”
  • Persian: “مادیا پرادش”
  • Polish: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Portuguese: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Portuguese: “Madia Pradexe”
  • Pushto: “مدهيه پرديش”
  • Romanian: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Russian: “Мадхья-Прадеш”
  • Sanskrit: “मध्यप्रदेशराज्यम्”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱚᱫᱷᱭᱚ ᱯᱨᱚᱫᱮᱥ”
  • Scots: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Serbian: “Мадја Прадеш”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Madja Pradeš”
  • Sindhi: “مڌيا پرديش”
  • Sinhala: “මද්‍ය ප්‍රදේශ්”
  • Slovak: “Madhjapradéš”
  • Slovenian: “Madja Pradeš”
  • Slovenian: “Madža Pradeš”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مادیا پرادش”
  • Spanish: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Swahili: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Swedish: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Tagalog: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Tajik: “Мадҳя Прадеш”
  • Tamil: “மத்தியப் பிரதேசம்”
  • Tamil: “மத்யா பிரதேஷ்”
  • Tatar: “Мадхья-Прадеш”
  • Tatar: “Мадһья-Прадеш”
  • Telugu: “మధ్య ప్రదేశ్”
  • Thai: “รัฐมัธยประเทศ”
  • Tulu: “ಮಧ್ಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Turkish: “Madhya Pradeş”
  • Turkish: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Ukrainian: “Мадг’я-Прадеш”
  • Ukrainian: “Мадх’я-Прадеш”
  • Ukrainian: “Мадхя-Прадеш”
  • Urdu: “مدھیہ پردیش”
  • Uzbek: “Madhya-pradesh”
  • Uzbek: “Madhya-Pradesh”
  • Venetian: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Vietnamese: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Welsh: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Western Panjabi: “مدھیہ پردیش”
  • Western Panjabi: “مدہیہ پردیش”
  • Wu Chinese: “中央邦”
  • Yakut: “Мадхья-Прадеш”
  • Yiddish: “מאדהיא פראדעש”
  • Yiddish: “מאַדהיאַ פראַדעש”
  • Yoruba: “Madhya Pradesh”
  • Yue Chinese: “中央邦”
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