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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Jabalpur}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jabalpur district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Madhya Pradesh|District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = MP Jabalpur district map.svg
| map_caption = Location of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Jabalpur
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jabalpur division|Jabalpur]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Jabalpur]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 5,198
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2,463,289
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 82.47%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 925 females/1000 males
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Jabalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jabalpur]]
| leader_title2 =
| leader_name2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
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| website = {{URL|https://jabalpur.nic.in/en/}}
| official_name =
| image_skyline = Bhedaghat Marble Rocks.jpg
| image_caption = Narmada flowing through the [[Marble Rocks]] of [[Bhedaghat]]
}}

'''Jabalpur district''' is a district of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in [[Central India|central]] [[India]]. The city of [[Jabalpur]] is the administrative headquarters of the district.

The area of the district is 5,198 km²<ref>[http://www.kvkjabalpur.nic.in/aboutdistrict.htm Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jabalpur]</ref> with population of 2,463,289 (2011 census). As of 2011 it is the second most populous district of Madhya Pradesh (out of [[Districts of Madhya Pradesh|50]]), after [[Indore district|Indore]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

Jabalpur district is located in the [[Mahakoshal]] region of Madhya Pradesh, on the divide between the watersheds of [[Narmada River|Narmada]] and the [[Son River|Son]], but mostly within the valley of the Narmada, which here runs through the famous gorge known as the [[Marble Rocks|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 the 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.

==Geography==
The district is part of [[Jabalpur Division]]. It has an average elevation of 411 metres (1348 ft).

==Climate==
{{Weather box|location = Jabalpur
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C = 26.5
|Feb high C = 28.8
|Mar high C = 34.3
|Apr high C = 38.7
|May high C = 40.4
|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 = 29.7
|Dec high C = 26.9
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 9.8
|Feb low C = 11.4
|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 = 13.9
|Dec low C = 10.6
|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}}

==Demographics ==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,30,810|13=1911|14=4,72,102|15=1921|16=4,71,951|17=1931|18=4,89,583|19=1941|20=5,76,167|21=1951|22=6,62,569|23=1961|24=8,21,579|25=1971|26=11,19,885|27=1981|28=14,84,235|29=1991|30=17,68,037|31=2001|32=21,51,203|33=2011|34=24,63,289|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Jabalpur district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,463,289<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kuwait]]<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 = 2011-10-01 | quote = Kuwait 2,595,62}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nevada]].<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=2011-09-30 |quote=Nevada 2,700,551 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 180th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|472|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.39%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Jabalpur has a [[sex ratio]] of 925 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 82.47%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Hindus are majority religion in Jabalpur district with 87.65%, Muslims with 8.27% and rest of Jains, Sikhs and Christians. Scheduled Castes and Tribes made up 14.1% and 15.2% of the population respectively.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

===Languages===
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 94.34% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 1.93% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

People speak multiple languages, including: [[Bagheli language|Bagheli]], which has a [[lexical similarity]] of 72-91% with [[Hindi]]<ref name=bfy/> (compared to 60% for German and English)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = English | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=eng | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> and is spoken by about 1,08,59,405 people in [[Bagelkhand|Baghelkhand]] ;<ref name=bfy>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Bagheli: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bfy | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> and [[Bharia language|Bharia]], a [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] language spoken by at least 200,000 members of the [[Bharia people|Bharia]] [[Scheduled tribe|tribe]] and written in the [[Devanagari script]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Bharia: A language of India| url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bha | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

== Education ==
Jabalpur is an important educational centre of the Madhya Pradesh state. Jabalpur has [[Rani Durgavati University]], Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi University, Madhya Pradesh Pashu Chikitsa University, [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College]], [[Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur|Dharmashastra National Law University]] Madhya Pradesh Ayurvigyan University and Maharshi Mahesh Yogi Vedic University. Good educational institutes in Jabalpur include Govt. Engineering College, Medical College, Government M.H. College of Home Science and Science, Law Colleges, Post Graduate and under-Graduate Colleges. The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur was established in January 2005. Institute would serve as an inter-disciplinary institution for education and research by keeping the concept of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) in mind.

It has some very reputed and old schools. Some of the schools are more than a century old. Apart from these educational institutions there a number of institutes offering various professional courses in Computers, Fashion Designing, Fine Arts etc.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://jabalpur.nic.in Jabalpur District web site]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Jabalpur district
|North = [[Katni district]]
|Northeast = [[Umaria district]]
|East = [[Dindori district]]
|Southeast = [[Mandla district]]
|South = [[Seoni district]]
|Southwest = [[Narsimhapur district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Damoh district]]
}}

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

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