Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPCS) GK | 10 Aug 2021

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Madhya Pradesh GK

State Symbol
State Animal: Barahsingha (reindeer)		State Flower: White Lily
State Bird: Dudhraj (Shah Bulbul)		State Dance: Rai
State Tree: Banyan		Official Game: Malkhamb

Madhya Pradesh : General Information

• State – Madhya Pradesh
• Constitution – 01 November, 1956 (Present Form – 1 November 2000)
• Area – 3,08,252 sq. km.
• Population – 7,26,26,809
• Capital – Bhopal
• Total District – 55
• No. of Divisions – 10
• Block – 313
• Tehsil (March 2024) – 428
• The largest tehsil (area) of the state – Indore
• The smallest tehsil (area) of the state – Ajaygarh (Panna)
• Town/city – 476
• Municipal Corporation (2018-19) – 16
• Municipality – 99
• City Council – 294
• Total Village – 54903
• Zilla Panchayat – 51
• Gram Panchayat – 23066
• Tribal Development Block – 89
• State Symbol – A circle inside the 24 stupa shape, in which there are earrings of wheat and paddy.
• State River – Narmada
• State Theater – Mach
• Official Anthem – Mera Madhya Pradesh Hai (Composer – Mahesh Srivastava)
• State fish – Mahseer (announced in 2013)
• State Crop – Soybean
• Official language – Hindi
• State legislature – Unicameral (assembly)
• Number of Assembly Members – 231 [230 + 1 Anglo-Indian Member]
• Number of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes in the Legislative Assembly – 35
• Number of seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly – 47
• Number of members in Lok Sabha – 29
• Lok Sabha seats reserved for Scheduled Castes – 4
• Lok Sabha seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes – 6
• Seats for Rajya Sabha – 11

Census

• Male Population – 3,76,12,306
• Female Population – 3,50,14, 03
• Rural Population – 5,25,57,404
• Rural Male – 2,71,49,388
• Rural Female – 2,54,08,016
• Urban population – 200,69,405
• Urban Male – 1,04,62,918
• Urban Women – 96,06,487
• Madhya Pradesh's place in the country in terms of area – Second
• Most malnourished district – Sheopur
• Least malnourished district – Bhopal
• The population density of the state of Madhya Pradesh is – 236 sq. km.
• District with highest population density – Bhopal (855 persons per sq. km.)
• The district with the lowest population density – Dindori (94 persons per sq. km.)
• Largest division in terms of area – Jabalpur
• The smallest division in terms of area – Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad)
• Most densely populated division – Indore
• Most sparsely populated division – Shahdol
• Largest district in terms of area – Chhindwara
• Smallest district in terms of area – Niwari
• Largest district in terms of population – Indore
• Smallest district in terms of population – Harda
• District with highest sex ratio in the state – Balaghat (1021)
• The district with the lowest sex ratio in the state – Bhind (837)
• Literacy rate in Madhya Pradesh – 69.3 percent
• Male Literacy – 78.7 percent
• Female literacy – 59.2 percent
• Most Literate Division – Jabalpur
• Least Literate Division – Indore
• Most literate district of the state – Jabalpur (81.01%)
• Least literate district in the state – Alirajpur (36.1%)
• District with highest male literacy – Indore
• District with highest female literacy – Bhopal
• The largest tribe of the state – Bhil

Geographical and Other Features of the State

• Geographical location of the state – 21° 6' to 26° 30' North Latitude and 74° 9' to 82° 48' East Longitude
• Length from North to South – 605 km.
• Width from East to West – 870 km.
• States bordering the state – 5, [U.P. (North-East), Maharashtra (South-West), Chhattisgarh (South-East), Rajasthan (North-West) and Gujarat (West)]
• State meeting the maximum limit of the state – Uttar Pradesh
• State meeting the minimum limit of the state – Gujarat
• The line passing through the middle of the state – Tropic of Cancer (passes through 14 districts.)
• Percentage of Madhya Pradesh in the total area of ​​India – 9.38%
• Highest point of the state – Dhupgarh hill (located in Mahadev hill)
• Lowest place in the state – Narmada–Son Valley
• Hottest place – Khajuraho
• Coldest place – Shivpuri
• The largest river of the state – Narmada river (1312 km.)

First in State

• First Governor – Dr. B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
• First Woman Governor – Ms. Sarla Grewal
• First Chief Minister – Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla
• First Woman Chief Minister – Ms. Uma Bharti
• First Speaker of the Legislative Assembly – Pt. Kunjilal Dubey
• First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly – Vishnu Vinayak Sarwate
• First Leader of Opposition – Shri Vishnunath Yadavrao Tamaskar
• First Chief Justice of High Court – Mohammad Hidayatullah
• First Lady Judge – Smt. Sarojini Saxena
• First Chief Secretary – Shri H.S. Kamath
• First Election Commissioner – N.B. Lohani
• First Lokayukta – P.V. Dixit
• First State Information Commissioner – T.N. Srivastava
• Chairman of the first Finance Commission – Dr. Sawai Singh Sisodia
• First Woman Leader of Opposition – Jamuna Devi
• The first Nobel Peace Prize recipient – Kailash Satyarthi
• State's first nuclear power station – Chutka village (Mandla)
• State's first I.T. Park – Bhopal
• State's first international airport terminal – Bhopal
• State's first agricultural university – Jabalpur
• State's first university – Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar (1946)
• The first ISO certified SP Office – Dewas
• State's first national park – Kanha Kisli
• State's first dry port – Pithampur
• State's first open jail – Navjeevan Ashram (Hoshangabad)
• State's first Information Technology (IT) University – Gwalior
• State's first DNA laboratory – Sagar
• Herbal bank of the state – Panar water (Pachmarhi)

First in India

• The largest mosque in the country – Taj-ul-Masjid (Bhopal)
• First establishment of optical fiber in the country – Mandideep (Bhopal)
• India's first state to produce diamond in the country – Madhya Pradesh
• Country's first microchip factory – Bhopal
• State to set up India's first Malkhamb Academy – Ujjain 
• State to set up country's first cow sanctuary – Agar Malwa
• Country's largest soybean producing state – Madhya Pradesh
• State to establish country's only human museum – Bhopal 
• First state on the basis of Scheduled Tribe population in the country – Madhya Pradesh
• The first state in the country to do complete nationalization of forests – Madhya Pradesh
• Asia's first physical education university – Gwalior (Lakshmibai National Institute/University of Physical Education)
• Sanctuary for Babbar lion – Palpur-Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary
• The first marble building in India – Hoshang Shah's Tomb, Dhar 

Transport and Communication

• Longest National Highway – NH–46
• Shortest National Highway – NH–135BB
• State's largest railway junction – Itarsi

Forest/Wildlife/National Park

Industry/Minerals/Energy

• Detroit of Madhya Pradesh – Pithampur (Dhar)
• India's first optical fiber factory – Mandideep (Raisen)
• Asia's largest soybean plant – Ujjain
• India's first National Soybean Research Center – Indore
• India's first Gemstone Refining Center – Jabalpur
• State's first special economic zone – Bhopal
• Industrially developed districts of the state – Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior
• State Mega Food Parks – Khargone and Dewas
• Largest center of automobile industry in the state – Pithampur (Dhar)
• The only watch factory in the state – Betul
• The only umbrella industry in the state – Mhow (Indore)
• Auto Cluster in the State – Pithampur (Dhar)
• State's largest coal deposit area – Sohagpur
• State's first nuclear power station – Chutka village (Mandla)
• World's largest floating solar plant – Omkareshwar
• Bio Energy Park – Rewa
• Copper mines in the state – Malanjkhand
• National Power Training Institute – Shivpuri
• State Mining Corporation Headquarters – Bhopal
• Energy Development Corporation Headquarters – Bhopal
• Uranium reserves in the state – Shahdol
• Energy Capital of Madhya Pradesh– Singrauli