# List of 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. Currently, the number of districts in the state is 55. and Of these Mauganj, Pandhurna & Maihar are newly created districts. 2 districts, Chachaura and Nagda are also proposed which was approved by state cabinet on 18th March 2020. These 55 districts are grouped into 10 administrative divisions. Districts are subdivided into tehsils, of which there are 428 in Madhya Pradesh.

## List of districts

There are 55 districts in Madhya Pradesh, categorized into ten divisions.
| District | Code | Headquarters | Division | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2011) | Population density (per km$^2$) |
| Bhopal | BP | Bhopal | Bhopal division | 2,772 | 2,371,061 | 855 |
| Raisen | RS | Raisen | Bhopal division | 8,446 | 1,331,597 | 158 |
| Rajgarh | RG | Rajgarh | Bhopal division | 6,154 | 1,545,814 | 251 |
| Sehore | SR | Sehore | Bhopal division | 6,578 | 1,311,332 | 199 |
| Vidisha | VI | Vidisha | Bhopal division | 7,371 | 1,458,875 | 198 |
| Morena | MO | Morena | Chambal | 4,991 | 1,965,970 | 394 |
| Sheopur | SP | Sheopur | Chambal | 6,585 | 687,861 | 104 |
| Bhind | BD | Bhind | Chambal | 4,459 | 1,703,005 | 382 |
| Gwalior | GW | Gwalior | Gwalior | 5,214 | 2,032,036 | 390 |
| Ashoknagar | AS | Ashoknagar | Gwalior | 4,674 | 845,071 | 181 |
| Shivpuri | SV | Shivpuri | Gwalior | 10,278 | 1,726,050 | 168 |
| Datia | DT | Datia | Gwalior | 2,038 | 786,754 | 386 |
| Guna | GU | Guna | Gwalior | 6,485 | 1,241,519 | 191 |
| Alirajpur | AL | Alirajpur | Indore | 3,182 | 728,999 | 229 |
| Barwani | BR | Barwani | Indore | 5,432 | 1,385,881 | 255 |
| Burhanpur | BU | Burhanpur | Indore | 2,473 | 757,847 | 306 |
| Indore | IN | Indore | Indore | 3,898 | 3,276,697 | 841 |
| Dhar | DH | Dhar | Indore | 8,153 | 2,185,793 | 268 |
| Jhabua | JH | Jhabua | Indore | 6,782 | 1,025,048 | 151 |
| Khandwa | EN | Khandwa | Indore | 4,927 | 1,310,061 | 262 |
| Khargone | WN | Khargone | Indore | 4,927 | 1,873,046 | 262 |
| Balaghat | BL | Balaghat | Jabalpur | 9,229 | 1,701,698 | 184 |
| Chhindwara | CN | Chhindwara | Jabalpur | 10,293 | 1,716,612 | 177 |
| Jabalpur | JA | Jabalpur | Jabalpur | 5,210 | 2,463,289 | 473 |
| Katni | KA | Katni | Jabalpur | 4,927 | 1,292,042 | 262 |
| Mandla | ML | Mandla | Jabalpur | 5,805 | 1,054,905 | 182 |
| Narsinghpur | NA | Narsinghpur | Jabalpur | 5,133 | 1,091,854 | 213 |
| Seoni | SO | Seoni | Jabalpur | 8,758 | 1,379,131 | 157 |
| Dindori | DI | Dindori | Jabalpur | 7,427 | 704,524 | 95 |
| Pandhurna | PD | Pandhurna | Jabalpur | 1,522 | 374,310 | 246 |
| Betul | BE | Betul | Narmadapuram | 10,043 | 1,575,362 | 157 |
| Harda | HA | Harda | Narmadapuram | 3,339 | 570,465 | 171 |
| Narmadapuram | NA | Narmadapuram | Narmadapuram | 6,698 | 1,241,350 | 185 |
| Rewa | RE | Rewa | Rewa | 6,434 | 1,748,461 | 368 |
| Satna | ST | Satna | Rewa | 7,502 | 2,228,935 | 297 |
| Sidhi | SI | Sidhi | Rewa | 4,851 | 1,127,033 | 230 |
| Singrauli | SH | Waidhan | Rewa | 5,672 | 1,178,273 | 208 |
| Mauganj | MG | Mauganj | Rewa | 1,866 | 616,645 | 331 |
| Maihar | MH | Maihar | Rewa | 2,722.79 | 856,028 | 314 |
| Chhatarpur | CT | Chhatarpur | Sagar | 8,687 | 1,762,375 | 203 |
| Damoh | DM | Damoh | Sagar | 7,306 | 1,264,219 | 173 |
| Panna | PA | Panna | Sagar | 7,135 | 1,016,520 | 142 |
| Sagar | SG | Sagar | Sagar | 10,252 | 2,378,458 | 232 |
| Tikamgarh | TI | Tikamgarh | Sagar | 3,878 | 1,040,359 | 268 |
| Niwari | NI | Niwari | Sagar | 1,170 | 404,807 | 346 |
| Anuppur | AP | Anuppur | Shahdol | 3,746 | 749,237 | 200 |
| Shahdol | SH | Shahdol | Shahdol | 6,205 | 1,066,063 | 172 |
| Umaria | UM | Umaria | Shahdol | 4,026 | 644,758 | 160 |
| Agar Malwa | AG | Agar Malwa | Ujjain | 2,785 | 571,275 | 205 |
| Dewas | DE | Dewas | Ujjain | 7,020 | 1,563,715 | 223 |
| Mandsaur | MS | Mandsaur | Ujjain | 5,530 | 1,340,411 | 242 |
| Neemuch | NE | Neemuch | Ujjain | 4,267 | 826,067 | 194 |
| Ratlam | RL | Ratlam | Ujjain | 4,861 | 1,455,069 | 299 |
| Shajapur | SJ | Shajapur | Ujjain | 3,460 | 941,403 | 272 |
| Ujjain | UJ | Ujjain | Ujjain | 6,091 | 1,986,864 | 326 |

## Proposed districts

A bill giving in-principle approval to the creation of three districts was passed on 18 March 2020. The following districts would be created:
* Chachaura district (Guna)
* Nagda district (Ujjain)
* Maihar district (satna) {created in 2023}
Announced by state government during election in 2023-24 :
* Pichhore District (Shivpuri)
* Junnardeo district (Chhindwara)
There is demand of districts from various regions like:
* Barwaha district (Khargone)
* Jaora district (Ratlam)
* Garoth district (Mandsaur)
* Manawar District (Dhar)
* Ganj Basoda district (Vidisha)
* Sironj district (Vidisha)
* Gadarwara district (Narsinghpur)
* Lakhnadon district (Seoni)
* Multai district (Betul)
* Dabra District, (Gwalior)
* Sihora District (Jabalpur)
* Bina district, (Sagar)
* Khurai District, (Sagar)
* Shahgarh District, (Sagar)
* Chitrakoot district (Satna)
* Bagli District, (Dewas)
* Pipariya district (Hoshangabad)
* Bijawar District ,(Chhatarpur))
* Laundi District, (Chhatarpur)
* Beohari District, (Shahdol)