Indore (ind)

Indore

Indore ranks 1,230th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Monaco, Oryol, and Üsküdar. Memorable people born in Indore include Salman Khan, Lata Mangeshkar, and Kamala Sohonie. Memorable people who died in Indore include Ahilyabai Holkar, and Rahat Indori. Indore has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Indore is located in India.

Indore is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the commercial hub of Madhya Pradesh. It is consistently ranked as the cleanest city in India. It serves as the headquarters of both the Indore District and the Indore Division. It is also considered the state education hub and houses campuses of both the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management. Located on the southern edge of Malwa Plateau, at an average altitude of 553 metres (1,814 ft) above sea level, it has the highest elevation among major cities of Central India. The city is 190 km (120 mi) west of the state capital of Bhopal. It is 57 km (35 mi) from Ujjain and 35 km (20 mi) from Dewas. Indore had a census-estimated 2011 population of 1,994,397 and 3,570,295. The city is distributed over a land area of just 530 square kilometres (200 sq mi), making Indore the most densely populated major city in the central province. Read more on Wikipedia