Jabalpur District

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Jabalpur District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Jabalpur is the administrative headquarters of the district.

The area of the district is 10,160 sq. km. with of population 2,167,469 (2001 census). Jabalpur District is located in the Mahakoshal region of Madhya Pradesh, on the divide between the watersheds of Narmada and the Son, but mostly within the valley of the Narmada, which here runs through the famous gorge known as the Marble rocks, and falls 30 ft. over a rocky ledge (the Dhuan dhar, or misty shoot ). It consists of a long narrow plain running north-east and south-west, and shut in on all sides by highlands. This plain, which forms an offshoot from the great valley of the Narmada, is covered in its western and southern portions by a rich alluvial deposit of black cotton-soil. At Jabalpur city the soil is black cotton soil, and water plentiful near the surface. The north and east belong to basin of the Son River, a tributary of the Ganges and Yamuna, the south and west to the Narmada basin. The district is traversed by the main railway from Mumbai to Kolkata, and by branches of two other lines which meet at Katni junction.

The district is part of Jabalpur Division.


Divisions and Districts of Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal Division: Betul | Bhopal | Harda | Hoshangabad | Raisen | Rajgarh | Sehore | Vidisha
Chambal Division: | Bhind | Morena | Sheopur
Gwalior Division: Ashoknagar | Datia | Guna | Gwalior | Shivpuri
Indore Division: Barwani | Burhanpur | Dhar | Indore | Jhabua | Khandwa | Khargone
Jabalpur Division: Balaghat | Chindwara | Dindori | Jabalpur | Katni | Mandla | Narsinghpur | Seoni
Rewa Division: Anuppur | Rewa | Satna | Shadol | Sidhi | Umaria
Sagar Division: Chhatarpur | Damoh | Panna | Sagar | Tikamgarh
Ujjain Division: Dewas | Mandsaur | Neemuch | Ratlam | Shajapur | Ujjain


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