Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Madhya Pradesh
- Division
- Bhopal
- Headquarters
- Bhopal
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Bhopal
- Collector district magistrate
- Avinash Lavania IAS
- Total
- 2,772 km (1,070 sq mi)
- Density
- 855.4/km (2,215/sq mi)
- Urban
- 1,917,051
- Literacy
- 82.3%
- Sex ratio
- 911/1000
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- MP 04
- Website
- bhopal .nic .in , smartbhopal .city
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Bhopal division
- Capital
- Bhopal
- Population
- 2371061
- Area
- 2772
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Rajgarh district
- Official website
- bhopal.nic.in
- Households
- 501805
Show 11 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Bhopal district
- Commons category
- Bhopal district
- male population
- 1236130
- female population
- 1134931
- urban population
- 1917051
- rural population
- 454010
- inception
- 1972-10-02
- literate population
- 1660690
- illiterate population
- 710371
- native label
- भोपाल_जिला
- short name
- BHP
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Bhopal district (Hindi: भोपाल ज़िला, Hindi pronunciation: [bʱoːpaːl zɪlaː]) is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Bhopal serves as its administrative headquarters. The district is part of Bhopal Division.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bhopal district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.