Editing Indore (section)


{{short description|Largest city in Madhya Pradesh and 10th largest metropolitan city in India}}
{{About|the city in Madhya Pradesh, India|}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Indore
| native_name        = {{native_name|hi|इंदौर}}
| settlement_type    = [[Metropolis]]
| official_name      = Indore

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 | image1      = Indore Rajwada01.jpg
| caption1 = [[Rajwada|Rajwada Palace]]
 | image2      = The Daly College.jpg
| caption2 = [[Daly College]]
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 | image4      = 
 | image5      = Indore Airport Terminal 16 5 2018.jpg
| caption5= [[Indore Airport]]
 | image6      = IIM Indore Acad block iimi.jpg
| caption6 =  [[Indian Institute of Management Indore|IIM Indore]]
 | image7      =  Vanadium Building.jpg
| caption7 =  Vanadium building 
 | image8      = Indore IT Crystal Park.jpg
| caption8 = IT Crystal Park
 | image9      = Regional Park Indore.jpg
| caption9 =  Regional park
 | image10     = Patalpani Waterfall.jpg
| caption10 = [[Patalpani waterfall]]
 | image11     = Khajrana Ganesh Temple.jpg
| caption11 = [[Khajrana Ganesh Temple]]
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| nickname           = Street Food Capital of India<ref>{{cite web|title=India's Street Food Capital Indore Badly Hit By COVID-19 Pandemic; Vendors Shut Down Iconic Stalls|url=https://curlytales.com/indias-street-food-capital-indore-badly-hit-by-covid-19-pandemic-vendors-shut-down-iconic-stalls/|website=Curly Tales|access-date=7 January 2022|date=5 August 2021|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107100746/https://curlytales.com/indias-street-food-capital-indore-badly-hit-by-covid-19-pandemic-vendors-shut-down-iconic-stalls/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indore: The City That Loves To Eat|url=https://www.thequint.com/lifestyle/food/indore-the-city-that-loves-to-eat|website=[[The Quint]]|access-date=7 January 2022|language=en|date=6 October 2017|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305082323/https://www.thequint.com/lifestyle/food/indore-the-city-that-loves-to-eat|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Indore in [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|22|43|0|N|75|50|50|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_type5  = Ward
| subdivision_name1  = {{flagicon image|flag of Madhya Pradesh.svg}} [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Malwa]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Indore district|Indore]]
| subdivision_name5  = 85 wards<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.indore-icai.org/municipal_WARD_parisiman_RMEHTA.pdf|title=Indore Ward List|publisher=[[Indore Municipal Corporation]]|access-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616172346/http://www.indore-icai.org/municipal_WARD_parisiman_RMEHTA.pdf|archive-date=16 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| established_title  = <!-- Established -->
| established_date   = 
| founder            = Ahilya Bai Holkar
| named_for          = 
| government_type    = [[Municipal Corporation]]
| governing_body     = [[Indore Municipal Corporation]]
| leader_party       = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Pushyamitra Bhargav]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Indore Municipal Election 2022 Live: इंदौर निकाय चुनाव में बीजेपी आगे, पुष्यमित्र भार्गव की बढ़त बरकरार|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/madhya-pradesh-chhattisgarh/mp/live-updates/indore-municipal-election-2022-results-bjp-pushyamitra-bhargava-victory-fastest-accurate-results-on-zee-mpdt/1261493|url-status=live}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| leader_title2      = [[Municipal Commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]]
| leader_name2       = Shivam Verma (IAS)<ref>{{cite web|title=Commissioner|url=https://imcindore.mp.gov.in/profile|work=Indore Municipal Corporation|access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref>
| leader_title3      = [[Member of Parliament]]
| leader_name3       = [[Shankar Lalwani]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party|(BJP)]]
| unit_pref          = Metric
| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imcindore.mp.gov.in/?page_id=2452|title=Indore City – Indore municipal corporation|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718113223/http://imcindore.mp.gov.in/?page_id=2452|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="villages"/><ref>{{cite news|title=इंदौर बनेगा महानगर :मेट्रोपॉलिटन से मेट्राे ट्रेन पर ठहरा प्रोजेक्ट; 2000 किमी का होना था इंदौर, अब 1200 वर्ग किमी में होगा|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/indore/news/metropolitan-to-metra-train-halted-project-indore-was-to-be-2000-km-now-it-will-be-in-1200-sq-km-127723085.html|work=Dainik Bhaskar|access-date=20 November 2020|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128073142/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/indore/news/metropolitan-to-metra-train-halted-project-indore-was-to-be-2000-km-now-it-will-be-in-1200-sq-km-127723085.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 530
| area_metro_km2     = 9863
| area_rank          = 6
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 550
| population_total   = 3500000
| population_as_of   = 2025
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Indore Urban Agglomeration Population 2025|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/india/madhyapradesh/indore/|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_metro   = 5500000

| population_metro_footnotes = <ref name="census_metro"/><ref name="extended UA 2011">{{cite web|title=INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011|url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/metropolitan/242-indore.html|access-date=13 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620133955/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/metropolitan/242-indore.html|archive-date=20 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| population_rank    = [[List of most populous cities in India|10th]]
| population_blank1_title = Metro rank
| population_blank1  = [[List of million-plus agglomerations in India|9th]]
| population_demonym = Indori
| timezone1          = [[Indian Standard Time|UTC+5:30]]
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code        = 4520XX
| area_code          = 0731
| area_code_type     = Telephone code
| registration_plate = MP-09
| blank_name_sec1    = {{nowrap|[[Official language]]}}
| blank_info_sec1    = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| blank1_name_sec1   = Effective literacy rate (2011)
| blank1_info_sec1   = 85.5%<ref name="CensusGov2011"/>
| blank2_name_sec1   = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2016)
| blank2_info_sec1   = 0.755 ({{colour|green|High}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dif.mp.gov.in/mphdr%5CHDITable_E_1995.pdf|title=The Madhya Pradesh Human Development Index|date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320140548/http://www.dif.mp.gov.in/mphdr%5CHDITable_E_1995.pdf|archive-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>
| blank3_name_sec1   = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank3_info_sec1   = Female 925<br />Male 1000<ref name="auto"/>
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank_info_sec2    = [[Climatic regions of India|Cwa / Aw]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small>
| blank1_name_sec2   = [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]]
| blank1_info_sec2   = {{cvt|945|mm|in}}
| blank2_name_sec2   = Avg. annual temperature
| blank2_info_sec2   = {{cvt|24.0|°C|°F}}
| blank3_name_sec2   = Avg. summer temperature
| blank3_info_sec2   = {{cvt|41|°C|°F}}
| blank4_name_sec2   = Avg. winter temperature
| blank4_info_sec2   = {{cvt|17|°C|°F}}
| website            = {{URL|http://imcindore.mp.gov.in}}, {{URL|https://indore.nic.in}}
| blank5_name_sec2   = [[Gross domestic product|GDP Nominal]] ([[Indore district|Indore District]])
| blank5_info_sec2   = {{INRConvert|648.13|b}} (2020-21)<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|last1=Records|first1=Official|title=Estimates of District Domestic Product Madhya Pradesh|url=http://des.mp.gov.in/Portals/0/ESTIMATES_DISTRICT_DOMESTIC_PRODUCTS_MP_2020-2021.pdf|website=Department of Planning, Economics & Statistics, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh|publisher=Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Madhya Pradesh|access-date=2 January 2023|archive-date=12 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212225624/http://des.mp.gov.in/Portals/0/ESTIMATES_DISTRICT_DOMESTIC_PRODUCTS_MP_2020-2021.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Indore''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Indore.ogg|ɪ|n|ˈ|d|ɔːr}}; [[ISO 15919|ISO]]: {{Transliteration|hi|ISO|Indaura}}, {{IPA|hi|ɪn̪d̪ɔːr|lang}}) is the largest and most populous [[Cities in India|city]] in the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. As of 2025, the '''Indore Metropolitan Region''' has a population of over '''5.5 million (55 lakh)''', making it the '''9th largest metropolitan area in India'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indore Urban Agglomeration Population 2025|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/india/madhyapradesh/indore/|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref> The metropolitan region includes nearby urban and industrial areas such as [[Ujjain]], [[Dewas]], [[Pithampur]], [[Mhow]], [[Nagda]], and [[Shajapur]].

Indore is widely recognized as the commercial, financial, and technological hub of central India. It has been awarded the title of '''India’s cleanest city for the seventh consecutive year''' under the Swachh Survekshan rankings.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 October 2023|title=Indore declared cleanest city in India for the 7th time|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indore-cleanest-city-in-india-for-7th-year-101695197173560.html|access-date=1 June 2025|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> The city serves as the administrative headquarters of [[Indore District]] and [[Indore Division]].

Indore is also known as an education capital, being the only Indian city to host both an [[Indian Institute of Technology Indore|IIT]] and an [[Indian Institute of Management Indore|IIM]], which have helped foster a thriving startup and innovation ecosystem.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/entrepreneurship/how-indores-unique-iit-iim-blend-is-spurring-entrepreneurship/articleshow/48497119.cms|title=How Indore's unique IIT-IIM blend is spurring entrepreneurship|access-date=18 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817231554/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/entrepreneurship/how-indores-unique-iit-iim-blend-is-spurring-entrepreneurship/articleshow/48497119.cms|archive-date=17 August 2015|url-status=live|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=17 August 2015|last1=Duttagupta|first1=Ishani}}</ref>

The city lies at an elevation of {{convert|553|m}} above sea level on the southern edge of the [[Malwa]] Plateau,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indore.nic.in/en/about-district/|title=About District {{!}} District Indore, Government of Madhya Pradesh {{!}} India|language=en-US|access-date=8 March 2020|archive-date=29 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429195031/https://indore.nic.in/en/about-district/|url-status=live}}</ref> and is situated about 220&nbsp;km west of the state capital, [[Bhopal]].

The city is experiencing rapid growth as a major '''IT and industrial center'''. The '''Indore–Pithampur Economic Corridor''', a 40-kilometer stretch, is emerging as a powerhouse for manufacturing and IT services. Pithampur, a key part of the metro region, is India’s '''third-largest automobile cluster''', home to major auto and engineering companies as well as the NATRAX testing facility.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Automobile & Component Ancillary - Invest Madhya Pradesh|url=https://investmp.in/automobile-component-ancillary/|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref>

Indore is also expected to become a major '''railway and logistics hub''' by 2028, with the development of new rail lines such as Indore–Manmad, Indore–Dahod, Indore–Khandwa, and Indore–Chhota Udaipur—enhancing multi-directional connectivity across western and southern India.

Modern-day Indore traces its roots to its 16th-century founding as a trading hub between the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] and [[Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://imcindore.mp.gov.in/?page_id=2452 |access-date=23 April 2025 |website=imcindore.mp.gov.in}}</ref> It was founded on the banks of the [[Kanh River|Kanh]] and [[Saraswati River (Madhya Pradesh)|Saraswati]] rivers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 April 2025 |title=Indore {{!}} Shopping, Food & Sightseeing in Madhya Pradesh, India {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Indore |access-date=23 April 2025 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> The city came under the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]], on 18 May 1724, after [[Peshwa]] [[Baji Rao I]] assumed the full control of [[Malwa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=IDA : Indore Development Authority |url=https://www.idaindore.org/frmHeritageofIndore.aspx |access-date=23 April 2025 |website=www.idaindore.org}}</ref> During the days of the British Raj, [[Indore State]] was a 19 [[Salute state|Gun Salute]] (21 locally) [[princely state]] (a rare high rank) ruled by the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] [[House of Holkar|Holkar]] dynasty, until they acceded to the [[Dominion of India|Union of India]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTZHXwAACAAJ&q=Holkar+state|title=Report on the Administration of Holkar State for 1944 – Indore (India) – Google Books|access-date=4 April 2014|year=1946|last1=(India)|first1=Indore}}</ref>

Indore functions as the financial capital of Madhya Pradesh and was home to the [[Madhya Pradesh Stock Exchange]] till its derecognition in 2015.

Indore has been selected as one of the 100 Indian cities to be developed as a [[smart city]] under the [[Smart Cities Mission]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-only-98-cities-instead-of-100-announced-all-questions-answered-about-smart-cities-project-2410576.html|title=Why only 98 cities instead of 100 announced: All questions answered about smart cities project|work=Firstpost|date=28 August 2015|access-date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119003746/http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-only-98-cities-instead-of-100-announced-all-questions-answered-about-smart-cities-project-2410576.html|archive-date=19 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It also qualified in the first round of Smart Cities Mission and was selected as one of the first twenty cities to be developed as Smart Cities.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-first-20-smart-cities-under-smart-cities-mission/article8162775.ece|title=List of first 20 smart cities under Smart Cities Mission|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222112232/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/list-of-first-20-smart-cities-under-smart-cities-mission/article8162775.ece|archive-date=22 February 2016|url-status=live|date=28 January 2016}}</ref> Indore has been part of the [[Swachh Survekshan]] since its inception and had ranked 25th in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019|url=https://www.swachhsurvekshan2020.org/Images/SS2019%20Report.pdf|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307134922/https://swachhsurvekshan2020.org/Images/SS2019%20Report.pdf}}</ref> It has been ranked as [[List of cleanest cities in India|India's cleanest city]] seven years in a row as per the Swachh Survekshan for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Saxena|first1=Nishant|date=4 May 2017|title=Swachh Survekshan 2017: Cleanest Cities In Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh- 10 Facts|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/swachh-survekshan-2017-cleanest-cities-in-gujarat-madhya-pradesh-and-andhra-pradesh-10-facts-1689497|work=NDTV|access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/swachh-survekshan-awards-2019-indore-judged-cleanest-city-india-third-time-row/story/325143.html|title=Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019: Indore judged cleanest city in India for third time in a row|website=businesstoday.in|date=6 March 2019|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616222456/https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/swachh-survekshan-awards-2019-indore-judged-cleanest-city-india-third-time-row/story/325143.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ahuja|first1=Aastha|date=1 January 2020|title=Swachh Survekshan League 2020: Indore Tops The Chart, Again, Adjudged Cleanest City Of India for the Fourth Time in a Row {{!}} News|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/swachh-survekshan-league-2020-indore-tops-the-chart-again-adjudged-cleanest-city-of-india-for-the-fourth-time-in-a-row-40680/|access-date=11 January 2020|work=NDTV|archive-date=9 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809141810/http://www.rediff.com/business/report/pix-swachh-bharat-the-cleanest-cities-in-india/20141008.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bhatia|first1=Anisha|last2=Bhaskar|first2=Sonia|title=India's Cleanest City For Fourth Time in a Row – Indore Earns ₹4 Crore Annually Through Proper Waste Management {{!}} Swachhta Survekshan|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/indias-cleanest-city-for-fourth-time-in-a-row-indore-earns-%E2%82%B94-crore-annually-through-proper-waste-management-40878/|access-date=11 January 2020|work=NDTV|date=10 January 2020|archive-date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111110825/https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/indias-cleanest-city-for-fourth-time-in-a-row-indore-earns-%e2%82%b94-crore-annually-through-proper-waste-management-40878/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Swachh Suvekshan 2023: Indore gets the cleanest city tag for 7th time. Here is the list of 10 cleanest cities in India|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/swachh-suvekshan-2023-indore-gets-the-cleanest-city-tag-for-7th-time-here-is-the-list-of-10-cleanest-cities-in-india/articleshow/106721936.cms|work=The Economic Times|date=11 January 2024|access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> Meanwhile, Indore has also been declared as India's first 'water plus' city under the Swachhta Survekshan 2021. Indore became the only Indian city to be selected for International Clean Air Catalyst Programme. The project, with cooperation of the [[Indore Municipal Corporation]] and the [[Madhya Pradesh]] Pollution Control Board, will be operated for a period of five years to purify the air in the city. Indore will penalise anyone giving alms to beggars starting 1 January 2025, expanding a previous ban on giving to child beggars. This initiative aims to eradicate begging, with officials claiming it disrupts the begging cycle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Giving alms to beggars in Indore to become a crime from January 1; FIRs to be filed by police|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/giving-alms-to-beggars-in-indore-to-become-a-crime-from-january-1-firs-to-be-filed-by-police/articleshow/116384743.cms|work=The Economic Times|date=17 December 2024|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>