Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (Hindi: मध्य प्रदेश Madhya Prades [ mʌd ʰ jə prʌde ː ʃ ], Middle State '), is an Indian state with an area of ​​308,209 km ² and a population of 72.6 million ( 2011 census ). The capital city of Madhya Pradesh is Bhopal. The official language of the state and native language of more than 87 percent of the population is Hindi.

  • 2.1 languages
  • 3.1 Management history 3.1.1 districts
  • 3.1.2 Divisions
  • 4.1 Political system
  • 4.2 parties

Geography

Madhya Pradesh borders the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh ( clockwise from the south).

Largest cities

(As of 2011 census )

Population

Languages

History

Madhya Pradesh was created in its present form on November 1, 1956. At the time it came to the union of several states. The most significant was the product obtained from the Central Provinces old Madhya Pradesh with the capital Nagpur, whose southern, Marathi - speaking half, together with the capital fell to the State of Bombay, which was shortly thereafter renamed in Maharashtra. This residue was combined with the states of Bhopal, Madhya Bharat and Vindhya Pradesh. These states had emerged from the Central India Agency, had been united in several princely states (see Eastern States Union). This new state of Madhya Pradesh has now received Bhopal as its capital. In November 2000, the southeastern part of the state was separated and organized as a new state of Chhattisgarh.

Administrative history

Districts

During the existence of Madhya Pradesh, the number of districts from 36 to 50 enlarged

  • Education of District Bhopal from parts of the district Sehore (1972 )
  • Education of District Rajnandgaon from the district of Durg (1973 )
  • Formation of districts Bastar, Kanker and Dantewara from the district of Bastar - Formation of Bastar Division (1998/1999)
  • Education of District Umaria from parts of the district Shahdol (1998)
  • Formation of districts Bilaspur, Korba and Janjgir - Champa from the district Bilaspur ( 25 May 1998)
  • Education of District Jashpur from the district Raigarh ( 25 May 1998)
  • Formation of districts Barwani and Khargone from the district of West Nimar ( Khargone ) ( 25 May 1998)
  • Formation of the district Neemuch from the district Mandsaur ( 30 June 1998)
  • Merger of the Dhamma and Tarai districts to the new district Dhamtari ( 6 July 1998)
  • Formation of the district Anuppur from parts of the district Shahdol (15th August 2003)
  • Education of District Burhanpur from parts of the district Khandwa (15th August 2003)
  • Formation of the district Ashoknagar from parts of the district Guna (August 15, 2003)
  • Formation of the district Alirajpur from parts of the district Jhabua (May 17, 2008)
  • Education of District Singrauli from parts of the district Sidhi (May 24, 2008)

Divisions

  • Education Division Shahdol from the district Dindori of Jabalpur Division and three other districts of the Riva Division (14 June 2008)
  • Education Division Narmadapuram from parts of the Bhopal Division (27th August 2008)

Policy

Political system

The Legislature of the State of Madhya Pradesh consists of a unicameral parliament, the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Vidhan Sabha Madhya Pradesh. The Parliament has 231 deputies, of which 230 every five years be elected by direct suffrage and shall be appointed as representatives of the Anglo-Indian minority by the Governor. Seat of the Parliament is Bhopal. In total Indian Parliament Madhya Pradesh has 29 MPs in the Lok Sabha, the lower house, and with eleven seats in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house represented.

The Chief Minister ( head of government) of the state of Madhya Pradesh is elected by Parliament. At the head of the state, however, is appointed by the President of India Governor ( Governor ). Its main tasks include the appointment of the Chief Minister and his commission to form a government.

Highest Court of Madhya Pradesh, the Madhya Pradesh High Court, based in Jabalpur.

Parties

The Madhya Pradesh party politics is dominated by two national parties, the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ). Since India's independence, the Congress Party has put most governments of Madhya Pradesh but ruled since the 2003 continuously the Hindu nationalist BJP. At the last parliamentary election in December 2013, the BJP was able to decide 165 of 230 constituencies for themselves. The Congress Party follows with 57 deputies relegated to second place. Also represented in Parliament Bahujan Samaj Party is the (BSP ), a representation of the Dalit ( untouchables ), but with only four seats in Parliament in Madhya Pradesh could not connect to their success in the neighboring federal state of Uttar Pradesh. Three constituencies were won by independent candidates.

As a result, the choice of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has been confirmed by the BJP in office. He has held the office since 29 November 2005.

Administrative divisions

The state of Madhya Pradesh is in the ten divisions Bhopal, Chambal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Narmadapuram, Riva, Sagar, Shahdol and Ujjain and in the following 50 districts divided (population and population density according to the 2011 census ):

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