List of districts of Madhya Pradesh


The Indian State of Madhya Pradesh came into existence on 1 November, 1956. Madhya Pradesh has various regions which have no official administrative governmental status but they are purely geographic regions; some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces. Currently, the number of districts in the state is 52. These districts are grouped into ten administrative divisions. The regions and district in Madhya Pradesh is shown below. In 2000, the state broke up into two, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Regions

Agro-climatically, geographically, historically, and according to political sentiments, Madhya Pradesh has following main regions :
There are 52 districts in Madhya Pradesh divided in ten divisions. A new district, Niwari, was created in October 2018 by partitioning Tikamgarh district.. Niwari was declared the 52nd district in 1 October 2018. And a bill regarding creation of 3 districts namely Nagda, Maihar and Chachaura-Binaganj was passed in 19 March 2020.
Sr. No.Name of DivisionAdministrationDistricts
1.Bhopal DivisionHQ - Bhopal
Districts - 5
2.Chambal DivisionHQ - Morena
Districts - 3
3.Gwalior DivisionHQ - Gwalior
Districts - 5
4.Indore DivisionHQ - Indore
Districts - 8
5.Jabalpur DivisionHQ - Jabalpur
Districts - 8
6.Narmadapuram DivisionHQ - Betul
Districts - 3
7.Rewa DivisionHQ - Rewa
Districts - 5
8.Sagar DivisionHQ - Sagar
Districts - 6
9.Shahdol DivisionHQ - Shahdol
Districts - 3
10.Ujjain DivisionHQ - Ujjain
Districts - 7
Total Divisions = 10Total Districts = 52