City Info - Jabalpur

JABALPUR- Is an ancient city in central India situated in the heart of India on shores of holy river Narmada and lying in plains of tributaries Hiran and Gour and Ken and Sone. Narmada River valley having world famous Marble Rocks the only of its kind in the world where the whole river flows for nearly 2 Kms. in between varied coloured and tinted marble rocks with a deep water fall. Its cardinal point are 23 degree 10'N latitude and 79 degree 57' E longitude with altitude of 393 meters mean sea level.Jabalpur is well connected by National highway-7 (Nagpur-Varanasi) Broad gauge and meter gauge railway lines and Skeleton air service. It is Divisional and district headquarter with about 14 lacs population. It is on Deccan Pleatue with Ht of 393 meters and surrounded on all sides by most ancient basalt rocks with thick forest all-round having about 1386 mm rainfall. The highest maximum temperature 46.7 C was recorded on 25th May 1924 and lowest minimum was zero degree on 29th December 1905.The topography of Jabalpur is unique. The city is surrounded by low, rocky, and barren hillocks. Some of which form a barrier for continuous development of urban form and restrict inter-links between various parts of the city. Kariapather hillock to the north-east, Sita Pahad and Kandhari hills to the east, Madan Mahal hills and rocks outcrops to the south-west. Railway line girding the city like a "horse shoe" had its due influence in the growth of urban form. The main water reservoir of Khandari and Pariyat are located to the north-east direction of the city. Recently water is also drawn from Narmada River by Public Health Dept.

Jabalpur (जबलपुर)also known as shanskardhani is a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India.  Jabalpur is located in the Mahakoshal region in the geographic center of India. Jabalpur was the 27th largest urban conglomeration in India in 2001 (2001 Census). On a global scale, Jabalpur was the 325th largest city or urban area in the world in 2006 and Jabalpur is estimated to be 294th largest city in the world by 2020. Jabalpur stands 121st in term of the fastest growing cities and urban areas in the world in 2006. Jabalpur is the first district in India who has been obtained the comprehensive ISO-9001 certificate. This has come into force from April 1, 2007.

Its also called heart of india.