About Jabalpur

Jabalpur is one of the most important cities of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is well connected to metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Nagpur by road as well as rail. It is the headquarter of West Central Railway. Kingfisher Airlines provides daily service for Jabalpur-Delhi and Jabalpur-Indore. Similarly, Indian Airlines operates Delhi-Gwalior-Jabalpur flights four days a week. The city is connected with three National Highways, i.e. NH-7 (Varanasi-Kanyakumari), NH-12 (Jabalpur-Jaipur), NH-12A (Simga-Chattisgarh-NH-26 near Jhansi). The city of Jabalpur was a hub of important economic activities during the British period. It still maintains several colonial buildings of the era. It has major ordinance factories and establishments namely, the Ordnance Factory Khamaria, the Gun Carriage Factory (GCF), the Vehicle Factory (VFJ), the Grey Iron Foundry (GIF), the EME workshop, a Central Ordnance Depot, Signal's Center and Army Area Head Quarters with 2 Lt General rank officers and the College of Materials Management (CMM). Jabalpur is also a big Defence and Military Center having the College of Defence Management.Narmada river, after originating from Amarkantack, descends to Jabalpur. The famous multipurpose 'Bargi Dam' Project on Narmada is located here. The city attracts tourists from all over the world to visit its beda ghat of marble rocks and dhuandhar falls. There exist several 10th century historical monuments belonging to Kalchury dynasty in Jabalpur. Famous Kanha, Bandhavgarh and Pench wildlife sanctuaries are located around it. To know more about Jabalpur city click here.