Jabalpur district

Jabalpur District is a of  state in. The city of is the administrative headquarters of the district.

The area of the district is 10,160 km² with of population 2,167,469 (2001 census). Jabalpur District is located in the region of Madhya Pradesh, on the divide between the watersheds of  and the, but mostly within the valley of the Narmada, which here runs through the famous gorge known as the 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, and water plentiful near the surface. The north and east belong to basin of the, a tributary of the and , the south and west to the Narmada basin. The district is traversed by the main railway from to, and by branches of two other lines which meet at  junction.

The district is part of.

External link

 * Jabalpur District web site