Madhya Pradesh

[ muhd-yuh-pruh-deysh, prah-desh ]

noun

1. a state in central India. 119,016 sq. mi. (308,252 sq. km). : Bhopal.

Madhya Pradesh

/ ˈmʌdjə prɑːˈdɛʃ /

noun

1. a state of central India, situated on the Deccan Plateau: rich in mineral resources, with several industrial cities: formerly the largest Indian state, it lost much of the SE to the new state of Chhattisgarh in 2000. Capital: Bhopal. Pop: 60 385 118 (2001). Area: 308 332 sq km (119 016 sq miles)

Example Sentences

To give just one example, in a crematorium in the state of Madhya Pradesh, 94 bodies were cremated in a day but government data reported only three, according to Times Now.

From Time

In one district alone, Madhya Pradesh, 18.9 percent of males were married before legal age, compared to 12.5 percent of females.

From The Daily Beast