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Indore

This article is about the city in Madhya Pradesh, India. For other uses, see Indore (disambiguation).

Indore
Indaura (Hindi)
Metropolis
Vanadium building
IT Crystal Park
Regional park
Entrance of IIT Indore
Nickname: 
Street Food Capital of India[1][2]
Indore is located in Madhya Pradesh
Indore
Indore
Location of Indore in Madhya Pradesh
Indore is located in India
Indore
Indore
Indore (India)
Coordinates: 22°43′0″N 75°50′50″E / 22.71667°N 75.84722°E / 22.71667; 75.84722
Country India
State Madhya Pradesh
RegionMalwa
DistrictIndore
Ward85 wards[3]
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyIndore Municipal Corporation
 • MayorPushyamitra Bhargav[4] (BJP)
 • Municipal CommissionerShivam Verma (IAS)[5]
 • Member of ParliamentShankar Lalwani (BJP)
Area
[6][7][8]
 • Metropolis
530 km2 (200 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,200 km2 (500 sq mi)
 • Rank6
Elevation
550 m (1,800 ft)
Population
 (2011)[9]
 • Metropolis
1,994,397
 • Rank14th
 • Density3,800/km2 (9,700/sq mi)
 • Metro
[10][11]
2,170,295
 • Metro rank
15th
DemonymIndori
Time zoneUTC+5:30
PIN
4520XX
Telephone code0731
Vehicle registrationMP-09
Official languageHindi[12]
Effective literacy rate (2011)85.5%[9]
HDI (2016)0.755 (High)[13]
Sex ratioFemale 925
Male 1000[3]
Railway StationIndore Junction Railway Station
Laxmibai Nagar railway station
Rapid Transit Indore Metro
Public transport bus service Atal Indore City Transport Service Limited
ClimateCwa / Aw (Köppen)
Precipitation945 mm (37.2 in)
Avg. annual temperature24.0 °C (75.2 °F)
Avg. summer temperature41 °C (106 °F)
Avg. winter temperature17 °C (63 °F)
GDP Nominal (Indore District)₹648.13 billion (US$7.7 billion) (2020–21)[14]
Websiteimcindore.mp.gov.in, indore.nic.in

Indore (/ɪnˈdɔːr/ ⓘ; ISO: Indaura, Hindi: [ɪn̪d̪ɔːr]) is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The commercial capital of the state, it has been declared as the cleanest city of India 7 times in a row.[15] It is also considered the largest education hub in central India and houses campuses of both the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management.[16] Indore had a population of 5,560,000 (urban agglomeration) in 2025.[17][18]The Indore Metropolitan Region now encompasses a total area of 9989.69 sq km covering Indore, Ujjain, Dewas, Pithampur.[19]Pithampur ranks among India’s top 5 industrial hubs and is a major center for automotive and pharmaceutical manufacturing.[20] With 1,000+ factories and Asia’s longest test track, it drives central India’s industrial growth.[20] Located on the southern edge of Malwa Plateau, at an average altitude of 553 metres (1,814 ft) above sea level,[21] it has the highest elevation among major cities of Central India. The city is 220 km west of the Bhopal, 350 km east of the Ahmedabad, 480 Km from Hazira Port, Surat and 550 Km from JNPT Sea Port, Mumbai. It serves as the headquarters of both the Indore District and the Indore Division. The high court bench at Indore is a permanent bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court in Indore constituted in 1956.[22]

Modern-day Indore traces its roots to its 16th-century founding as a trading hub between the Deccan and Delhi.[23] It was founded on the banks of the Kanh and Saraswati rivers.[24] The city came under the Maratha Empire, on 18 May 1724, after Peshwa Baji Rao I assumed the full control of Malwa.[25] During the days of the British Raj, Indore State was a 19 Gun Salute (21 locally) princely state (a rare high rank) ruled by the Maratha Holkar dynasty, until they acceded to the Union of India.[26]

Indore functions as the financial capital of Madhya Pradesh and was home to the Madhya Pradesh Stock Exchange till its derecognition in 2015.

Indore has been selected as one of the 100 Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under the Smart Cities Mission.[27] It also qualified in the first round of Smart Cities Mission and was selected as one of the first twenty cities to be developed as Smart Cities.[28] Indore has been part of the Swachh Survekshan since its inception and had ranked 25th in 2016.[29] It has been ranked as India's cleanest city seven years in a row as per the Swachh Survekshan for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.[30][31][32][33][34] Meanwhile, Indore has also been declared as India's first 'water plus' city under the Swachhta Survekshan 2021. Indore became the only Indian city to be selected for International Clean Air Catalyst Programme. The project, with cooperation of the Indore Municipal Corporation and the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board, will be operated for a period of five years to purify the air in the city. Indore started penalising anyone giving alms to beggars starting from 1 January 2025, expanding a previous ban on giving alms to child beggars. This initiative aims to eradicate begging, with officials claiming it disrupts the begging cycle.[35]

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  11. ^ "INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011". Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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  13. ^ "The Madhya Pradesh Human Development Index" (PDF). 20 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2016.
  14. ^ Records, Official. "Estimates of District Domestic Product Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Department of Planning, Economics & Statistics, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Madhya Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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  20. ^ a b "Asia's longest high-speed track Natrax unveiled: Things to know". The Times of India. 3 July 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
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