Madhya Pradesh
state, India
Recent News
Sep. 6, 2024, 6:06 PM ET (The Weather Channel)
Weekend Weather (September 7-8): Heavy Rains to Batter Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha
Sep. 5, 2024, 12:06 AM ET (The Weather Channel)
Despite Monsoon's Late Arrival, Madhya Pradesh Records 11% Surplus; Heavy Rains to Lash on September 5-6
Sep. 2, 2024, 10:12 AM ET (The Weather Channel)
Weather Today (September 3): Very Heavy Rains to Batter Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala
Sep. 1, 2024, 2:22 AM ET (The Indian Express)
Weather update today: Cyclone Asna likely to weaken into deep depression, IMD predicts heavy rain in Telangana, Karnataka, Gujarat
Aug. 31, 2024, 4:47 AM ET (The Indian Express)
‘She dragged me by the hair, kicked me’: Video shows Dalit woman, grandson being assaulted at police station in Madhya Pradesh; 6 cops suspended
Madhya Pradesh, state of India. As its name implies—madhya means “central” and pradesh means “region” or “state”—it is situated in the heart of the country. The state has no coastline and no international frontier. It is bounded by the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the southeast, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the southwest, and Rajasthan to the northwest. The capital is Bhopal, in the west-central part of the state. Area 119,016 square miles (308,252 square km). Pop. (2011) 72,597,565. Madhya Pradesh lies over a transitional area between the Indo-Gangetic Plain in the north and the ...(100 of 3532 words)