Madhya Pradesh

State Profile of Madhya Pradesh POPULATION (2001 census) | 60348023 | MALES | 31443652 | FEMALESs | 28904371 | SEX RATIO (females/1000 males) | 920 | DENSITY OF POPULATION (Persons/ Square Km) | 196 | URBAN POPULATION % | 26.67 | LITERACY RATE (census 2001) in % | 63.7 | MALE LITERACY in % | 76.1 | MALE LITERATE in numbers | 19672274 | FEMALE LITERACY in % | 50.3 | FEMALE LITERATE in numbers | 11920289 | BIRTH RATE (PER 1000) (2002)P | 30.3 | DEATH RATE (PER 1000) | 9.7 | NSDP at current prices (2002-2003)* Rs Crores | 71387 Rs Crores *(2002-2003) | PER CAPITA NSDP (2002-03) at current prices Rs | 11438 Rs *(2002-2003) | USEFUL INFORMATION
Economic Activity:
Manufacturing- 26%
Services- 28%
Agriculture - 46%
Investor Profile
Govt.. 42.2%
Foreign 13.1% Indian 44.7%
State priority areas: Electronics; Minerals, food and agriculture industries; telecom; Auto.
Investment Strengths: Proactiveness in seeking investment; non-disruptive labour environment; connectivity to large northern and western markets
Road length per 1000 km : 460
Cell phone/ 100 persons: 0.29
Railway track length /00 sq km: 1.3
Surfaced roads/ 00 sq km: 20.8
Gwalior, Jabalpur, Bhopal and Indore are the domestic airports. Panna, and Khandwa are the two non operational airports in Madhya Pradesh.

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