Jabalpur, is a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. Jabalpur is the administrative headquarters of Jabalpur district and Jabalpur division. Jabalpur is located in the Mahakaushal region in the geographic center of India. Jabalpur is one of the largest cities in Madhya Pradesh. Jabalpur was the 27th largest urban conurbation 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 it 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 to have obtained the comprehensive ISO-9001 certificate. This came into force from April 1, 2007.

Jabalpur is one of the highest income tax paying cities in India since the headquarters of many important Central & State Departments are situated there and thousands of government employees are employed.

How to Reach

Road

Jabalpur is well connected to Nagpur, Bhopal, Allahabad and Jaipur so you can travel easily by roads also.Jabalpur is well connected to Mandla for every ten minutes there is a state bus. The city is connected with three National Highways.

• NH-7 (Varanasi-Kanyakumari)longest National Highway in India which goes from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to the southernmost tip of India, Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.[15]
• NH-12 (Jabalpur-Jaipur)[16]
• NH-12A (Simga, Chattisgarh-NH-26 near Jhansi)

Jabalpur is the headquarters of West Central Railways and is well connected with mail and super-fast trains from Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Kolkata, Vadodara, Patna,[Guwhati] Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Nagpur, Pune, Jaipur, Jammu, Hyderabad, Varanasi, and Goa. Apart from broad-gauge railways, Jabalpur is notable for having narrow-gauge railways (which connect with Gondia). Work to convert this Gondia-Nainpur-Jabalpur narrow gauge to broad gauge has been started under Project Unigauge [18] and will provide new opportunities as southern India will be reachable quickly. Gondia Jabalpur was the first of the trains started by British government. It passes through beautiful mountains, valleys and forests on its way. Many trains are offering services from Jabalpur Station

Jabalpur Airport (IATA Code: JLR) is known as DUMNA Airport and is about 20 km from city.Kingfisher airlines via its Kingfisher red service ATR aircraft is providing one daily service on Jabalpur-Delhi route.This flight also provides connection to other cities like Mumbai,Ahmedabad,Kolkata,Hyderabad,Banaglore,Chennai. Indian Airlines runs three days a week service on Delhi-Gwalior-Jabalpur route and provides connection to other cities via New Delhi.

Kingfisher Red: Delhi. Indian Airlines: Delhi, Gwalior.

Tourist attraction in Jabalpur :

• Bhedaghat-Marble Rocks
• Dhuandhar
• Chausatyogini
• Bargi Dam