State Profile of Madhya Pradesh
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| POPULATION (2001 census) | 60348023 |
| MALES | 31443652 |
| FEMALES | 28904371 |
| POPULATION (2001 census) | 60348023 |
| MALES | 31443652 |
| FEMALES | 28904371 |
| SEX RATIO (females/1000 males) | 920 |
| DENSITY OF POPULATION (Persons/ Square Km) | 196 |
| URBAN POPULATION % | 26.67 |
| LITERACY RATE (census 2001) in % | 63.7 |
| MALE LITERACY in % | 76.1 |
| MALE LITERATE in numbers | 19672274 |
| FEMALE LITERACY in % | 50.3 |
| FEMALE LITERATE in numbers | 11920289 |
| BIRTH RATE (PER 1000) (2002)P | 30.3 |
| DEATH RATE (PER 1000) | 9.7 |
| NSDP at current prices (2002-2003)* Rs Crores | 71387 Rs Crores *(2002-2003) |
| PER CAPITA NSDP (2002-03) at current prices Rs | 11438 Rs *(2002-2003) |
(2002)P: Provisional
*(2002-03): Advanced Estimates
*(2001-02): Quick Estimate
*(2000-01): Provisional Estimate
NSDP: Net State Domestic product
Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics of respective State Governments (As on March 26, 2004), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India
USEFUL INFORMATION
Economic Activity: Manufacturing- 26%; Services- 28%; Agriculture – 46%
Investor Profile: Govt. 42.2%; Foreign 13.1%; Indian 44.7%
State priority areas: Electronics; Minerals, food and agriculture industries; telecom; Auto.
Investment Strengths: Proactiveness in seeking investment; non-disruptive labour environment; connectivity to large northern and western markets
Road length per 1000 km : 460
Cell phone/ 100 persons: 0.29
Railway track length /00 sq km: 1.3
Surfaced roads/ 00 sq km: 20.8
Gwalior, Jabalpur, Bhopal and Indore are the domestic airports. Panna, and Khandwa are the two non operational airports in Madhya Pradesh.
MAJOR INDUSTRIES
- OPTICAL FIBRES
- AUTOMOBILES
- SOYABEAN
- PROCESSING
- CEMENT
- FERTILIZERS
- PAPER AND PULP
- TYRE AND TUBES GASES
- ELECTRONIC GOODS
