[2] Jabalpur district is located in the Mahakoshal region of Madhya Pradesh, on the divide between the watersheds of Narmada and the Son, but mostly within the valley of the Narmada, which here runs through the famous gorge known as the Marble rocks, and falls 30 ft. over a rocky ledge (the Dhuan Dhar, or misty shoot ).

This plain, which forms an offshoot from the great valley of the Narmada, is covered in its western and southern portions by a rich alluvial deposit of black cotton soil.

The district is traversed by the main railway from Mumbai to Kolkata, and by branches of two other lines which meet at Katni junction.

According to the 2011 census Jabalpur district has a population of 2,463,289[2] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[7] or the US state of Nevada.

[2] Hindus are majority religion in Jabalpur district with 87.65%, Muslims with 8.27% and rest of Jains, Sikhs and Christians.

The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur was established in January 2005.