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Jabalpur

Jabalpur, formerly anglicised as Jubbulpore, is the fourth largest city by area of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Jabalpur
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The place

Jabalpur, formerly anglicised as Jubbulpore, is the fourth largest city by area of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is situated on the banks of the Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Jabalpur is the administrative headquarters of the Jabalpur district and the Jabalpur division. The Madhya Pradesh High Court is located in the city.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Jabalpur

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

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    Roman Catholic Diocese of Jabalpur

    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jabalpur ) is a diocese located in the city of Jabalpur in the ecclesiastical province of Bhopal in India.

    2.6 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia
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    Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur

    Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, also known as University of Jabalpur, is a government university in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was named after the queen Rani Durgavati.

    4.7 km · state public university in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University

    Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University, also known as Madhya Pradesh Ayurvigyan Vishwavidyalaya, is a state university located at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was established in 2011 by the Government of Madhya Pradesh and has jurisdiction over all medical, dental, nursing, paramedical, Ayurveda, homeopathic, Unani, and Yoga colleges in Madhya Pradesh.

    5.7 km · state public university in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College

    Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, also known as NSCB Medical College, is the third oldest medical college in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the city of Jabalpur.

    5.7 km · medical college in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Rani Durgawati Museum

    Rani Durgawati Museum is a museum in Jabalpur city in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It was established in 1976.

    400 m · museum in Madhya Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Hanumantal Bada Jain Mandir

    Bara Mandir is a historic Jain temple in Jabalpur, India, right on the edge of Hanumantal, once the main center of Jabalpur.

    0 m · Historic Jain temple in Jabalpur, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Pandit Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

    Ravishankar Shukla Stadium is a cricket ground in Durg, Chhattisgarh. The hosted its first match between Madhya Pradesh cricket team against Uttar Pradesh cricket team in 1979.

    700 m · cricket ground in Durg · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Garrison Ground

    Garrison Ground is a multi purpose stadium in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports.

    2.1 km · stadium in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University

    Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, formerly Madhya Pradesh Pashu-Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya is a State Veterinary Science university located at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

    2 km · state university in Madhya Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur

    Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, also known as Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, is an Indian Institute of Information Technology in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, focused on Information Technology-enabled Design and Manufacturing. It was founded in 2005 and declared an Institute of National Importance by Parliament under the IIIT Act in 2014.

    9.6 km · deemed university in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh · Wikipedia

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See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Apart from places of tourist interest within the city, Jabalpur also offers a number of short excursions. Bade Mahaveer Ji Ka Mandir, Jain Mandir, Kamaniya Gate, and markets of Jabalpur, Bada Fawwara. Old markets and wholesale markets, all are here in nearby areas.

  1. 01
    Balancing Rock

    Jabalpur is also famous for eroded volcanic rock formations called as Balancing Rock of Jabalpur.

  2. 02
    Gopal Lal Ji Maharaj Ka Mandir

    Pushti Margiya Mandir of Lord Krishna and Radha.

  3. 03
    Gwari Ghat

    Nearest ghat of the Namada River to have a holy dip (snan) in Narmada.

  4. 04
    Madan Mahal Fort

    Built by the Gond ruler, Raja Madan Shah, in 1116 atop a rocky hill, the fort dominates the skyline and provides a panoramic view of the town and the country side around it.

  5. 05
    Rani Durgavati Memorial and Museum

    Dedicated to the memory of the great Queen Durgavati is her memorial and a museum which houses a fine collection of sculptures, inscriptions and prehistoric relics.

  6. 06
    Sangram Sagar and Bajnamath

From Wikivoyage: Jabalpur, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

In terms of distinctive local cuisine, Jabalpur does not have much to offer; however, as many cultures from around the country converge here, you can find many eateries in and around the town offering a wide variety of food. The Chowpatti in Civic Centre is a low cost option that houses a number of food carts spread in a square and along the roads.

From Wikivoyage: Jabalpur, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Jabalpur

Airports
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (NAG), 248 km · Raja Bhoj (BHO), 266 km
Stations
Jabalpur Junction railway station, 1.8 km · Gwarighat railway station, 6.3 km · Madan Mahal railway station, 1.5 km · Adhartal railway station, 7.8 km · Kachhpura railway station, 3.1 km
  • Nagpur → Jabalpur
    242 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · ₹1,800–2,250
  • Bhopal → Jabalpur
    260 km · quickest by road, 4h 45m · ₹2,050–2,560
  • Varanasi → Jabalpur
    392 km · quickest by road, 7h 13m · ₹3,030–3,790
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Jabalpur

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jabalpur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundCycle rickshaws are by far the most common means of transportation inside the city.

From Wikivoyage: Jabalpur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    GhandrukNP

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    697 km
  2. 02
    MunsiyariIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    768 km
  3. 03
    Sagar Island and GangasagarIN

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    854 km
  4. 04
    ChitkulIN

    7 ways of moving, 20 sources

    922 km
  5. 05
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    944 km

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