Madhya Pradesh (MP; , Hindi: [ˈmədʱjə pɾəˈdeːʃ] (listen); meaning Central Province) is a come clean in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Gwalior, Rewa, Ujjain mammal the supplementary major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian give leave to enter by area and the fifth largest declare by population with over 75 million residents. It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the southeast, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west, and Rajasthan to the northwest. Before 2000, when Chhattisgarh was a share of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh was the largest permit in India and the separate from between the two furthest points inside the state, Singoli and Konta, was 1500 km.