JABALPUR or Jubbulpur, a town and district in the Central Provinces, lying between lat. 21° 12' and 23° 56' N., and between long. 40' and 35' E. During the minority of Prem Narain (1550?) the Gond queen Durgavati administered the government; and Asof Khan, the viceroy of Kant Manikpur on the Ganges, conquered the Gurkha principality. The decisive battle was fought under the castle of Singaurgarh. Stung by her defeat, Durgavati put an end to her life.
The district is one of the largest and most populous in the Central Provinces. The main part of the district is a large plain of rich soil watered by the Nerbadda, the Paret, and the Hiran. About nine miles from Jabalpur on the south - west, a considerable extent of tolerably pure and beautifully saccharine white limestone is seen ; the river cuts a deep channel through the mass of this rock, exposing sheer vertical surfaces of the white limestones in places 220 feet high ; it is scarcely possible to exaggerate the picturesque effect of the varied outline and colour of the whole. The locality is well known as the Marble
Rocks. Coal is found at Ramghat, Latuetaghat, and near Singapore on the Mahanadi. The latter seam is 18 inches thick, and is said to be poor and unworkable. The Ltunetaghat coal promises well. Iron is found in more than a hundred places, of which the principal arc Simra, Gogri, Bolin, Agaria, Dakora, Jauti, Panagar, and Lameta. The iron is worked entirely by native processes. The people are for the most part Gond, Gond Rajpnt, Col, Bharia, Bairn, Lodhi, Pon war, Kunni, Kahar, Dhimar, Dher, and Chamar. There are also Brahmans, both from Maharashtra and from Mathura ; Kayasths from Farrakhabad and elsewhere, and Muhammadans. There are now no Gond landholders of any importance, but there are some Lodhi chiefs who once possessed a local celebrity.