// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Bhopal?
Bhopal scores 19.6% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #301 of 385 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
19.6%
Rank
#301 / 385
Criteria present
10 / 86
Evidence coverage
29.1%
Bhopal's smart city score by area
2 present · 2 partial · 5 absent · 6 not assessed
1 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 10 not assessed
1 present · 0 partial · 1 absent · 11 not assessed
2 present · 1 partial · 1 absent · 7 not assessed
2 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed
2 present · 2 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed
0 present · 5 partial · 0 absent · 9 not assessed
Where Bhopal is strong
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
Where the gaps are
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Water & Sanitation
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The official District Bhopal website mentions a "Bhopal GIS Portal" and provides downloadable "voter list" data, indicating a government-run platform publishing machine-readable datasets.
https://bhopal.nic.in/en/Digital Government Services · Citizen reporting / 311 channel
The CM Helpline portal (cmhelpline.mp.gov.in), linked from the District Bhopal website, allows citizens to register complaints and suggestions, and check the status of their complaints, serving as a citizen reporting channel for Madhya Pradesh, which includ…
https://cmhelpline.mp.gov.in/Green Space & Biodiversity · Green space provision
Bhopal has accessible green spaces, including Van Vihar National Park and Bhojtal (Upper Lake), which are listed as places of interest.
https://bhopal.nic.in/en/Housing & Urban Planning · Affordable housing programme
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U), a national program by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, aims to address urban housing shortages and provide affordable housing to eligible urban households, including those in Bhopal.
https://pmaymis.gov.in/About this assessment
Bhopal was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-11 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.