Local businesses in Jabalpur
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 1
- ruff and tuff
- Government offices: 1
- DISTRICT COLLECTORATE
- Colleges and universities: 5
- Leonard Theological College; Chanchala Bai College; Government College of Educational Psychology and Guidance; Mahakoushal Government College, Jabalpur; St. Aloysius College
- Banks: 5
- Union Bank of India; Union bank of India; Axis Bank; State Bank of India
- Hospitals: 57
- Government hospital ,Cantt, Jabalpur; Agrawal Eye & Child Care Centre; Jabalpur Hospital Research Centre; Aashish Hospital; Aditya Superspeciality Hospital and Trauma Centre; Akshay Maternity And Nursing Home; Ayushman Childrens Hospital; Batalia Eye Hospital; Best Super Speciality Hospital; Bhandari Memorial Hospital
Jabalpur facts
- District
- Jabalpur district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 12,67,564
- Area
- about 374 sq km, about 412 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 482001 (Jabalpur Cantt), 482002 (Jabalpur City), 482011 (Jabalpur Factory)
- Places nearby
- Hanumantal Bada Jain Mandir (historic Jain temple, 1 km), Rani Durgawati Museum (museum, 1 km), Pandit Ravishankar Shukla Stadium (cricket ground, 1 km), Ravishankar Shukla Stadium (sports venue, 1 km)
- History
- One theory says Jabalpur is named after a sage called Jabali who meditated on the banks of the Narmada. Another traces it to the Arabic word jabal, meaning boulder.
- Education
- Jabalpur became a centre of higher education by the end of the 19th century, with institutions such as Robertson College, now the Government Science College.
- Local economy
- Jabalpur's economy is agricultural, supported by the fertile Narmada basin, which gives good yields of sorghum, wheat, rice and millet around the city. Pulses, oilseeds, cotton and sugar cane are important commercial crops.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.