Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh, state (2001 provisional pop. 60,385,118), 119,010 sq mi (308,240 sq km), central India, between the Deccan and the Ganges plain. The capital is Bhopal. One of the largest states in India, Madhya Pradesh consists, from north to south, of upland zones separated by plains.

Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India. On November 1, 2000, the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out.

Geography

Madhya Pradesh means Central Province, and it is located in the geographic heart of India. The state straddles the Narmada River, which runs east and west between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges; these ranges and the Narmada are the traditional boundary between the north and south of India. The state is bordered on the west by Gujarat, on the northwest by Rajasthan, on the northeast by Uttar Pradesh, on the east by Chhattisgarh, and on the south by Maharashtra.

Madhya Pradesh state is made up of 48 districts, which are grouped into eight divisions: Bhopal, Chambal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa, Sagar, and Ujjain.

Districts: Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Barwani, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Hoshangabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Mandla, Mandsaur, Morena, Narsinghpur, Neemuch, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha.

 

Basic Health Information

 

·         Demographic Profile of the State                                Madhya Pradesh

Area (Sq. km)

308245

Population (2001 census)                                                 Persons

60385118

Males

31456873

Females

28928245

% Decennial Growth Rate 1991-2001

24.34

% SC Population (2001)

15.2

% ST Population (2001)

20.3

% Urbanization (2001)

26.5

Density of Pop.

196

Sex Ratio (Females/1000 Males)

Sex Ratio (0-6 Yeras)

919

932

Literacy Rate (%)                                                            Persons

63.7

Males

76.1

Females

50.3

Life expectancy at birth (years) 1991

54.0

Household Size (2001 Census)

5.5

Singulate mean age at marriage (female) 1991

17.8

Human Development Index (HDI) 1998

34.8

No. of eligible couples (in lakhs)

106.11

Vital Indices

 

Birth Rate (2003)

30.2

 Death Rate (2003)

9.8

IMR (2003)

82

 MMR (1997)

498

 TFR (1999)

3.9

                                      Source : SRC Bulletin, April 2005

·         Growth of Population

Sr. No.

Year

Population (in million)

1

2001

60.39*

2

2002

61.86

3

2003

63.32

4

2004

64.80

5

2005

66.27

6

2006

67.74

7

2007

69.21

8

2008

70.68

9

2009

72.15

10

2010

73.62

11

2011

75.09

 ·         Birth Rate

Sr. No.

Year

India

Mahdya Pradesh

Rural

Urban

combined

1

1981

33.9

38.8

31.4

37.6

2

1982

33.8

39.9

32.4

38.5

3

1983

33.7

40.1

32.0

38.5

4

1984

33.9

38.1

32.2

36.9

5

1985

32.9

41.0

33.0

39.4

6

1986

32.6

39.0

30.1

37.2

7

1987

32.2

37.5

31.9

36.4

8

1988

31.5

38.4

31.2

37.0

9

1989

30.6

36.7

30.3

35.5

10

1990

30.2

38.9

29.3

37.1

11

1991

29.5

37.3

29.6

35.8

12

1992

29.2

36.8

26.5

34.9

13

1993

28.7

35.9

24.6

34.9

14

1994

28.7

35.2

24.4

33.0

15

1995

28.3

34.8

23.9

33.0

16

1996

27.4

34.2

22.9

32.4

17

1997

27.2

33.6

23.1

31.9

18

1998

26.5

32.1

23.1

30.7

19

1999

26.1

33.1

23.6

31.1

20

2000

25.8

33.4

23.5

31.4

21

2001

25.4

32.9

23.1

31.0

22

2002

25.0

32.2

22.7

30.3

23

2003

24.8

32.1

22.5

30.2

                                         Source : SRS Bulletin, April 2005

·         Death Rate

Sr. No.

Year

India

Madhya Pradesh

Rural

Urban

combined

1

1981

12.5

18.0

9.3

16.6

2

1982

11.9

16.3

9.0

14.9

3

1983

11.9

15.9

8.7

14.5

4

1984

12.6

15.5

9.0

14.2

5

1985

11.8

15.3

9.4

14.2

6

1986