What is the geographical location and extent of Bhopal?

Bhopal is situated at 23.25°N latitude and 77.42°E longitude in central India, covering 648.24 square kilometres. The city's elevation ranges from 427 metres to 508 metres above sea level, and it operates on India Standard Time (UTC+05:30). It currently shares a border with Achalpur.

What administrative functions does Bhopal serve?

Bhopal functions as the capital of Madhya Pradesh state and serves as the administrative centre for Bhopal district and Bhopal division. The city is governed by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation and uses postal code 462001 with local dialing code 91-755. Historically, it was the capital of Bhopal State from 1707 to 1949 and Bhopal State (1949–1956) until November 1, 1956.

What are the demographic and linguistic characteristics of Bhopal?

According to the 2011 census, Bhopal has a population of 1,798,218, making it a major urban centre in Madhya Pradesh. The official language is Hindi, though the city's website provides content in both Hindi and English. Residents of Bhopal are referred to as "Bhopali."

What historical territories has Bhopal been part of?

Bhopal was part of Bhopal State from 1707 to June 1, 1949, then Bhopal State (1949–1956) from June 1, 1949 to November 1, 1956. From November 1, 1956 to October 2, 1972, it was located in Sehore district, after which it became part of Bhopal district on October 2, 1972.

What digital and social media presence does Bhopal maintain?

Bhopal maintains an official website at bhopal.nic.in, an active subreddit at r/Bhopal (created August 25, 2011), and has presence on platforms including Quora (Bhopal-Madhya-Pradesh-India), GitHub (bhopal topic), Google Play Store, and Facebook (location ID 115837015097302). The city is documented across 118 sitelinks and has Wikipedia articles in numerous languages including English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and many others.

What are Bhopal's identifiers in global and academic databases?

Bhopal is catalogued in numerous international databases including GeoNames (ID: 1275841), VIAF (IDs: 248260370, 145411245), Library of Congress (n80030785), Encyclopædia Britannica (place/Bhopal-India), Encyclopedia of China (580257), Great Russian Encyclopedia (1892250), and many others. It has UN/LOCODE INBHO and is indexed in academic resources like Grove Art Online (T008603) and archinform (51295).

Why is Bhopal called the "City of Lakes"?

Bhopal is commonly known as the "City of Lakes" (and "Stadt der Seen" in German, "Cidade dos Lagos" in Portuguese), which appears among its official aliases. This nickname reflects the city's characteristic landscape features.

Who is Bhopal named after?

Bhopal is named after Bhoja, a historical figure who is the namesake of the city. This is also reflected in alternative names like "Bhojpal."

Bhopal

metropolis and state capital in Madhya Pradesh, India

Place big_city Q80989

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: big city, city^[4]
Country: India^[3]
Official website: bhopal.nic.in^[11]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 23.259°, 77.412°
Capital of: Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal district, Bhopal division, Bhopal State, Bhopal State (1949–1956)^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Area: +648.24^[23]
Authority: Bhopal Municipal Corporation^[10]
Demonym: Bhopali^[20]
Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia^[14]
Elevation above sea level: +427, +508^[21]^[22]
Local dialing code: 91-755^[9]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bhopal district, Sehore district, Bhopal State (1949–1956), Bhopal State^[2]
Named after: Raja Bhoja (Raja Bhoja I)^[7]
Official language: Hindi^[5]
P14541: 2DnHle^[24]
Population: +1883381, +1798218^[12]^[13]
Postal code: 462001^[8]
Shares border with: Achalpur^[6]

🏷️ Also known as

en City of Lakes en Bhojpal en Bhoopal en Bhopal en Bhupal ar بوبال cs Bhopál cs Bhópál de Stadt der Seen el Μποπάλ es Bhopāl fa بهوپال fa بوپال fr Bophal he בהופאל he בופאל hi झीलों की नगरी hi भूपाल hi भोजपाल hi भोपाल

🔖 Identifiers · 42

VIAF cluster ID: 248260370, 145411245
Library of Congress authority ID: n80030785
GND ID: 4127496-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Taj Mahal, Bhopal.JPG ↗
ArchINFORM location ID: 51295
BBC Things ID: 1297f0eb-360c-4d2d-afc1-07be8df3eba6
Curlie ID: Regional/Asia/India/Madhya_Pradesh/Localities/Bhopal/
Dewey Decimal Classification: 2--543
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: 580257
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: place/Bhopal-India
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: bhopal
FAST ID: 1208057

Show all 42 identifiers +30

Facebook location ID: 115837015097302
Freebase ID: /m/0cw51
GeoNames ID: 1275841
GitHub topic: bhopal
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: bhopal
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0009853
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Bhopal
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1892250
Grove Art Online ID: T008603
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 7417
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID: 2703
Lex ID: Bhopal
MusicBrainz area ID: 59e3d0f1-c631-4c95-9412-c6fd04a826c8
NL CR AUT ID: ge359271
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007561918105171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3876918
Quora topic ID: Bhopal-Madhya-Pradesh-India
SNARC ID: Sohni
Subreddit: Bhopal
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID: bopal--sehir
Topic's main category: Category:Bhopal
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10044387
UN/LOCODE: INBHO
Vikidia article ID: fr:Bhopal
Wellcome Collection concept ID: ev54ybj4
Who's on First ID: 102030673
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PCjtTCcqRBjqkpcQdXWT3jP, E39PBJh4qbCyTx8DTkgdXd7j4q
X (Twitter) topic ID: 1316438610590142464
Yale LUX ID: place/94b7ac2e-471a-433c-8cb4-227e278de61b
Yle topic ID: 18-194031

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🔗 Connections

People born here 63

Shankar Dayal Sharma, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Divyanka Tripathi, Raghuram Rajan, Najma Heptulla, Sara Khan, Sheila Sri Prakash, Annu Kapoor +55 more

People who died here 26

Shah Jahan I of Bhopal, Habib Tanvir, Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Babulal Gaur, Sikandar I of Bhopal, Abdul Qavi Desnavi, Sultan Jahan I of Bhopal, Qudsia I of Bhopal +18 more

Contained subdivisions 21

Bhopal disaster, Taj-ul-Masajid, Rani Kamalapati railway station, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University, Bhopal Metro, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Taj Mahal Palace +13 more

← Headquarters location 10

Dainik Bhaskar, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bhopal, XXI Corps, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, DB Star, Dopahar, Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology, Nai Dunia +2 more

Capital of 5

Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal district, Bhopal State, Bhopal State (1949–1956), Bhopal division

← Capital 5

Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal district, Bhopal State, Bhopal State (1949–1956), Bhopal division

Located in the administrative territorial entity 4

Bhopal district, Sehore district, Bhopal State, Bhopal State (1949–1956)

Located in this place 3

Bhopal disaster, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bharat Bhavan

Residents 3

Rajagopal P. V., Indira Dangi, Supriya Jatav

← Category combines topics 3

Category:People from Bhopal, Category:Tourist attractions in Bhopal, Category:Births in Bhopal

Instance of 2

city, big city

Category for people born here 1

Category:Births in Bhopal

Category of associated people 1

Category:People from Bhopal

Country 1

India

Located in time zone 1

UTC+05:30

Named after 1

Raja Bhoja (Raja Bhoja I)

Official language 1

Hindi

Shares border with 1

Achalpur

Topic's main category 1

Category:Bhopal

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Bhopal

← Depicts 1

Module:Location map/data/India Bhopal

← Narrative location 1

Lipstick Under My Burkha

← Place served by transport hub 1

Raja Bhoj Airport

← Shares border with 1

Achalpur

← Work location 1

Bhajju Shyam

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Summary

Bhopal is a big city^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Bhopal — country (P17): India. archINFORM. Retrieved 2025-09-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Bhopal — instance of (P31): city. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Bhopal — official language (P37): Hindi. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Bhopal — shares border with (P47): Achalpur. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Bhopal — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Bhopal district. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Bhopal — named after (P138): Bhoja. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Bhopal — postal code (P281): 462001. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Bhopal — local dialing code (P473): 91-755. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Bhopal — authority (P797): Bhopal Municipal Corporation. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Bhopal — official website (P856): https://bhopal.nic.in/. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Bhopal — population (P1082): 1,883,381. censusindia.co.in. Retrieved 2018-07-05. censusindia.co.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Bhopal — population (P1082): 1,798,218. census2011.co.in. census2011.co.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Bhopal — described by source (P1343): Otto's encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Bhopal — capital of (P1376): Madhya Pradesh. quora.com. Retrieved 2018-07-05. quora.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Bhopal — capital of (P1376): Bhopal district. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Bhopal — capital of (P1376): Bhopal division. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Bhopal — capital of (P1376): Bhopal State. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Bhopal — capital of (P1376): Bhopal State (1949–1956). wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Bhopal — demonym (P1549): Bhopali. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Bhopal — elevation above sea level (P2044): 427 m. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Bhopal — elevation above sea level (P2044): 508 m. bhaktapurmun.gov.np. bhaktapurmun.gov.np. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Bhopal — area (P2046): 648.24 km². wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Bhopal — P14541 (P14541): 2DnHle. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Bhopal is an instance of big city (Q1549591) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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