MADHYA PRADESH

MADHYA PRADESH

Area: 3, 08, 000 sq. km

Latitude: 23˚ 30’ N

Principal language: Hindi

Capital: Bhopal

Longitude: 80˚E

Population: 6, 03, 85,118

Situation: centrally situated state of the country is surrounded by Uttar Pradesh in the north, Chhattisgarh in the east and southeast, Maharashtra in the south, Gujarat in the west and Rajasthan in the North West.

BHOPAL

·         Capital ;city of Madhya Pradesh

·         Situated on the fertile lava tract.

·         Well known for its embroidery on silk and satin.

·         Dry cell batteries and electrodes are also manufactured.

·         A unit of Bharat Heavy electrical Limited (Bhel) is located.

GOVINDPURA

·         A suburb of Bhopal.

·         Heavy electrical machinery plant in located.

UJJAIN

·         Situated on the bank of a ehad water tributary of the K shipra river.

·         Local cotton production has given rise to cotton tetilkes and the manufacture of surgical cloth and surgical cotton.

·         Art silk and woolen fabrics are also manufactured.

DEWAS

·         Bank Note press of Indian Government and leather goods factories are located.

HOSHANGABAD

·         Security paper Mill is located here.

INDORE

·         Situated at a height of 530 m in the southern part of Malwa plateau.

·         An important city of the state.

·         One of the biggest textiles manufacturing and trading centres in India.

MHOW

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·         A military training centre

·         Here jalapeño mountain is the soured of Chambal river.

MAHESSHWAR

·         An important centre for making cloth by handloom.

NEPANAGAR (in khandwa district)

·         Newsprint factory uses salai wood which is available from the forests of Sapura Range.

BALAGHAT

·         Malanjikhand copper project for copper smelting is located

·         Copper concentrates are produced.

GWALIOR

·         Situated in the middle of the northern fringe of the Plateau.

·         An ancient city, it has cotton an rayon silk factories.

·         Potteries are manufactured in Lashkar, near Gwalior.

MANDSAUR

·         It ranks first in the country regarding the production of Opium.

JHABUA

·         Known for deposits of rock phosphate.

KORBA

·         Largest mine of coking coal which encouraged the government to set upon a steel plant at Bhilai.

·         Thermal power plant is located.

PANNA

·         Diamond mines are found here.

SATNA

·         Limestone is quarried for cement manufacturing and lime making.

JABALPUR

·         Centre for manufacture of automobile equipment and parts, ordinance factory and ammunition depot.

BIJAPUR

·         Fertilizer plant based on natural gas from Hazira is located here.