Malwa adalah sebuah wilayah alam di barat-tengah India yang meliputi sebuah dataran dari gunung berapi. Secara geologi, Dataran Malwa umumnya merujuk kepada dataran tinggi gunung berapi di utara Pegunungan Vindhya. Secara politik dan administratif, kawasan Malwa meliputi distrik-distrik barat Madhya Pradesh dan bagian-bagian tenggara Rajasthan. Pengartian Malwa terkadang diperlebar menjadi meliputi kawasan Nimar di utara Pegunungan Vindhya.
Malwa | |
|---|---|
Wilayah alam (bekas divisi administratif) | |
Wilayah perkantonan Mhow di Malwa | |
| Negara | India |
| Luas | |
| • Total | 81.767 km2 (31,570 sq mi) |
| Ketinggian | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Populasi (2001) | |
| • Total | 18.889.000 |
| • Kepadatan | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| Bahasa | |
| • Bahasa utama | Malwi, Hindi |
| • Tingkat kelahiran | 31.6 (2001) |
| • Tingkat kematian | 31.6 (2001) |
| • Tingkat kematian bayi | 93.8 (2001) |
| Zona waktu | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Kode ISO 3166 | IN-MP |
| Kota terbesar | Indore |
Catatan Sunting
- Rata-rata ketinggian dataran Malawa
Referensi Sunting
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- Ahmad, S. H., Anthropometric measurements and ethnic affinities of the Bhil and their allied groups of Malwa area., Anthropological Survey of India,1991, ISBN 81-85579-07-5
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- Mathur, Kripa Shanker, Caste and ritual in a Malwa village, Asia Pub. House, 1964.
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