Ratlam District

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Ratlam District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Ratlam is administrative headquarters of the district.

Ratlam District has an area of 4,861 km², and a population of 971,309 in 1991. It is bounded by Mandsaur District to the north, Jhalawar District of Rajasthan state to the northwest, Ujjain District to the west, Dhar District to the south, Jhabua District to the southeast, and Chittorgarh District of Rajasthan to the east. It is divided into five tehsils and is home to 9 towns and 1077 villages (as of 1991). The district is part of Ujjain Division.

Ratlam District was created after Indian independence in 1947, out of the territory of several princely states, including Ratlam, Jaora, Sailana, Piploda, and portions of Dewas Junior, Dewas Senior, and Gwalior, as well as the former province of Panth-Piploda. Ratlam District was part of the new state of Madhya Bharat. In 1956, Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh state.

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Divisions and Districts of Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal Division: Betul \| Bhopal \| Harda \| Hoshangabad \| Raisen \| Rajgarh \| Sehore \| Vidisha
Chambal Division: \| Bhind \| Morena \| Sheopur
Gwalior Division: Ashoknagar \| Datia \| Guna \| Gwalior \| Shivpuri
Indore Division: Barwani \| Burhanpur \| Dhar \| Indore \| Jhabua \| Khandwa \| Khargone
Jabalpur Division: Balaghat \| Chindwara \| Dindori \| Jabalpur \| Katni \| Mandla \| Narsinghpur \| Seoni
Rewa Division: Anuppur \| Rewa \| Satna \| Shadol \| Sidhi \| Umaria
Sagar Division: Chhatarpur \| Damoh \| Panna \| Sagar \| Tikamgarh
Ujjain Division: Dewas \| Mandsaur \| Neemuch \| Ratlam \| Shajapur \| Ujjain