Madhya Pradesh (MP; , Hindi: [ˈmədʱjə pɾəˈdeːʃ] (listen); meaning Central Province) is a welcome in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Gwalior, Rewa, Ujjain subconscious the new major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian declare by area and the fifth largest allow in by population with greater than 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 allocation of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh was the largest come clean in India and the disaffect between the two furthest points inside the state, Singoli and Konta, was 1500 km.