Jabalpur Tourism

Jabalpur is a tier 2 city in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is one of the major cities of Madhya Pradesh. According to the 2011 census, it is the third-largest urban agglomeration in Madhya Pradesh, and the country's 30th-largest urban agglomeration. It is known for the Dhuandhar Falls and the white marble rocks at Bhedaghat. Jabalpur is an important administrative, industrial and business center of Madhya Pradesh, and has large component of defence industry and a lot of smaller cottage industry.

The city is large and growing; it is a major education center in India. The High Court of Madhya Pradesh is in Jabalpur, and so are many State Government administrative headquarters. It is one of the major centres for the production of arms and ammunition and India and a major military base. The city is a major trading center and producer of forest products, experiencing fast growth in all sectors.
Jabalpur is the administrative headquarters of Jabalpur district (the second-most-populous district in Madhya Pradesh) and the Jabalpur division. Historically, a center of the Kalachuri and Rajgond dynasties, the city developed a syncretic culture influenced by intermittent Mughal and Maratha rule.

During the early nineteenth century, it was annexed by British India, named Jubbulpore and incorporated as a cantonment town. Since Indian independence there have been demands for a separate state of Mahakoshal, with Jabalpur its capital. The High Court of Madhya Pradesh, headquarters of the West Central Railway, Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) and Army headquarters of five states (Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Bihar, and Jharkhand) are in Jabalpur. Jabalpur is also Army Headquarters for The Grenadiers and Jammu and Kashmir Rifles Regiments. The city is also a headquarter of signals named 1STC and is called "Defence Armaments Manufacturing Hub" and home to Four Indian Ordnance Factories under Ordnance Factories Board such as Gun Carriage Factory, Ordinance Factory Khamaria, Grey Iron Foundry and Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.