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{{Short description|district of Madhya Pradesh, India}}
{{About|the Indian district of Indore|the [[Indore|city]] named Indore|Indore|other uses|Indore (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Indore district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Madhya Pradesh|District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Rajwada-Indore.jpg
| image_caption = Rajwada, Indore
| image_map = MP Indore district map.svg
| map_caption = Location of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Indore
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Indore division|Indore]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Indore]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 3,989
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3,276,697 (provisional)<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">{{cite web|title=Distribution of population, sex ratio, density and decadal growth rate of population - State and District : 2011|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/mp/table-1.xls|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=18 July 2011}}</ref>
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 82.3%<ref name="http">{{cite web|title=Total Population, child population in the age group 0-6,literates and literacy rates by sex: 2011|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/mp/table-2.xls|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Government of India|access-date=18 July 2011}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 924<ref name="censusindia.gov.in"/>
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Indore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Indore]], [[Dhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhar]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 9
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 =
| blank_info_sec1 =
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 1062 mm
| website = {{URL|https://indore.nic.in/en/}}
}}

The '''Indore District''' is a [[List of districts of Madhya Pradesh|district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]]. The name of the district comes from the city of [[Indore]], which is its administrative capital. This district forms part of the [[Indore Division]].

As of 2011, it was the most populous of the [[Districts of Madhya Pradesh|50 districts]] in Madhya Pradesh.<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

==Geography==
The Indore District has an area of 3,898 km²<ref>{{cite web|title=Indore District - Statistics|url=http://indore.nic.in/statistics.htm|publisher=Collectorate, Indore, Madhya Pradesh|access-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721170412/http://indore.nic.in/statistics.htm|archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref> and borders the districts of [[Ujjain District|Ujjain]] to the north, [[Dewas District|Dewas]] to the east, [[Khargone District|Khargone]] (West Nimar) to the south, and [[Dhar District|Dhar]] to the west.

===Rivers===
The two main rivers of the Indore district are the [[Chambal River|Chambal]], in the west, (originating in the Vindhya range south of Mhow) and the [[Kshipra River|Kshipra]], a tributary of the [[Chambal River|Chambal river]], in the east. Other small rivers include the Gambhir and the Kanh, both tributaries of the [[Kshipra River|Kshipra river]].

===Cities and towns===
Indore is the administrative centre and main city in the district. [[Dr. Ambedkar Nagar]] is an important [[cantonment]] town in the Indore District that contains three of the [[Indian Army]]'s premier training institutes, as well as the [[Border Security Force]]'s Central School of Weapons and Tactics (CSWT). Other towns in Indore include [[Depalpur (India)|Depalpur]], Sanwer and Hatod.

==Divisions==
The Indore district has four administrative divisions: [[Depalpur, India|Depalpur]], Sanwer, Indore and Mhow. There are also four [[Block (district subdivision)|blocks]] in the district, with 36 police stations. There are a total of 335 Panchayats and 649 villages in the four blocks.

Since parliamentary and legislative assembly constituency boundaries were redrawn in 2008, there have been nine [[Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: Depalpur, Indore-1, Indore-2, Indore-3, Indore-4, Indore-5, [[Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow]], Rau and Sanwer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District Assembly list|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=18 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> [[Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow]] is part of the [[Dhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhar Lok Sabha constituency]] and the others are part of the [[Indore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Indore Lok Sabha constituency]]. The previous member of the Lok Sabha from the Indore constituency was [[Sumitra Mahajan]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). She was a Member of Parliament from 1989 to May 2019.

In May 2019, Shankar Lalwani of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] had been elected as the [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from Indore constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/indore-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154435.html|title=Indore Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Shankar Lalvani of BJP wins|website=News18|date=23 May 2019 |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], the Indore District has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,276,697,<ref name="districtcensus"/> which roughly equals the nation of [[Mauritania]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Mauritania 3,281,634 July 2011 est. }}</ref> or the US state of [[Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=30 September 2011 |quote=Iowa 3,046,355 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref> This makes it the 105th most populous in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]) districts.<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 841 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 32.88%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Indore has a [[sex ratio]] of 928 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1,000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 80.87% (male 87.25% and female 74.02%).<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 88.69% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]], 3.54% [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 2.81% [[Urdu]], 1.74% [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], 0.98% [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 0.81% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and 0.49% [[Bhili language|Bhili]] as their first language.<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Madhya Pradesh |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2300.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,02,057|13=1911|14=2,72,396|15=1921|16=3,38,992|17=1931|18=3,80,889|19=1941|20=4,54,541|21=1951|22=6,01,035|23=1961|24=7,53,594|25=1971|26=10,25,150|27=1981|28=14,09,473|29=1991|30=18,35,915|31=2001|32=24,65,827|33=2011|34=32,76,697|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref>|align=middle}}

==Climate==
{{Weather box|location = Indore district
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C = 27.5
|Feb high C = 28.8
|Mar high C = 38.3
|Apr high C = 42.7
|May high C = 46.4
|Jun high C = 36.2
|Jul high C = 30.3
|Aug high C = 28.2
|Sep high C = 30.9
|Oct high C = 32.4
|Nov high C = 22.7
|Dec high C = 16.9
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 5.8
|Feb low C = 9.4
|Mar low C = 16.2
|Apr low C = 21.2
|May low C = 24.4
|Jun low C = 24.1
|Jul low C = 22.6
|Aug low C = 21.9
|Sep low C = 21.1
|Oct low C = 18.1
|Nov low C = 11.9
|Dec low C = 6.6
|year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 4
|Feb precipitation mm = 3
|Mar precipitation mm = 1
|Apr precipitation mm = 3
|May precipitation mm = 11
|Jun precipitation mm = 136
|Jul precipitation mm = 279
|Aug precipitation mm = 360
|Sep precipitation mm = 185
|Oct precipitation mm = 52
|Nov precipitation mm = 21
|Dec precipitation mm = 7
|year precipitation mm =
|Jan precipitation days = 0.8
|Feb precipitation days = 0.8
|Mar precipitation days = 0.3
|Apr precipitation days = 0.3
|May precipitation days = 1.8
|Jun precipitation days = 8.6
|Jul precipitation days = 15.9
|Aug precipitation days = 18.3
|Sep precipitation days = 8.6
|Oct precipitation days = 3.1
|Nov precipitation days = 1.4
|Dec precipitation days = 0.6
|Jan sun = 288.3
|Feb sun = 274.4
|Mar sun = 288.3
|Apr sun = 306.0
|May sun = 325.5
|Jun sun = 210.0
|Jul sun = 105.4
|Aug sun = 80.6
|Sep sun = 180.0
|Oct sun = 269.7
|Nov sun = 273.0
|Dec sun = 282.1
|year sun =
|source 1 = [http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/asia/india/indore_e.htm HKO]|date=August 2011}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://indore.nic.in Indore District]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Indore district
|North = [[Ujjain district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Dewas district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[West Nimar district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Dhar district]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Districts of Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Indore Division}}
{{Narmada basin}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|22|40|N|75|45|E|display=title|region:IN_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki}}

[[Category:Indore district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Madhya Pradesh]]

Indore district - Revision history

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