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Indore
Madhya Pradesh, India · Asia
About Indore
Indore sits on the route: 10 minutes from Ahīrkheri.
Indore is in Madhya Pradesh, India, with about 2 million people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Ahīrkheri, about 5 km away.
Indore ( ; ISO: Indaura, Hindi: [ɪn̪d̪ɔːr]) is the largest city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh where it serves as the capital and the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. Modern-day Indore was established on the banks of the Kanh and Saraswati rivers and traces its roots to itsRead more
16th-century founding as a trading hub between the Deccan Plateau and Delhi. Following the conquest of Malwa by Peshwa Baji Rao I, the city came under the control of the Maratha Empire until its annexation by the British East India Company. Prior to Indian independence, the Kingdom of Indore was a nineteen Gun Salute Princely State of the British Raj with the Holkars as rulers.
With an estimated population of 5.6 million in 2025 distributed over nearly 10 thousand square kilometres, the metropolitan region encompassing Indore, Ujjain, Dewas, Pithampur and Nagda serves as the financial capital of Madhya Pradesh. One of India's main industrial hubs, the metropolitan region is a major center for pharmaceutical and automotive manufacturing with, notably, Asia’s longest test track.
The largest education hub in central India, it is home to an Indian Institute of Technology and an Indian Institute of Management and is one of the cities selected under the central government's flagship Smart Cities Mission and Swachh Survekshan programmes.
Consistently ranked as India's cleanest city, Indore is regularly commended for its clean air and proper waste management.
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Indore is in Madhya Pradesh, India, about 5 km from Ahīrkheri.
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- Population
- 1,994,397
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 22.7179, 75.8333
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