Madhya Pradesh (MP; , Hindi: [ˈmədʱjə pɾəˈdeːʃ] (listen); meaning Central Province) is a declare in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Gwalior, Rewa, Ujjain beast the supplementary major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian disclose by Place and the fifth largest state by population with exceeding 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 disclose in India and the turn away from between the two furthest points inside the state, Singoli and Konta, was 1500 km.