Jabalpur

JUDICIAL CAPITAL — MP HIGH COURT Area ~5,200 km²; population 2,463,289 (2011) — MP's 2nd-most-populous district; density 473/km²; literacy 82.47%; urban share 58.46%. Major Ordnance Factories hub (Vehicle Factory Jabalpur, Gun Carriage Factory, Ordnance Factory Khamaria) and headquarters of the West Central Railway zone. Sits on the Narmada gorge at Bhedaghat, home to the Marble Rocks and Dhuandhar Falls; the game of snooker is widely credited as having originated here.