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Keolari
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Keolari
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Keolari
Keolari (India)
Coordinates: 22°22′N79°54′E / 22.37°N 79.90°E / 22.37; 79.90 Coordinates: 22°22′N79°54′E / 22.37°N 79.90°E / 22.37; 79.90
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
480994
Telephone code07694
ISO 3166 code IN-MP
Vehicle registration DOES NOT HAVE A RTO
Climate Aw
Website dietkeolari.nic.in

Keolari is a town and a tehsil in Seoni district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The confluence of the Wainganga and Sagar rivers is located at Keolari. The town has a District Institute of Education Training. (D.I.E.T.).

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Geography

Keolari is named after a kind of paddy "keolar" which was profusely produced in this region. Keolari is located at 22°22′N79°54′E / 22.37°N 79.90°E / 22.37; 79.90 . [1] It has an average elevation of 447 metres (1466 feet). It is located at the absolute center of the country.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, [2] Keolari had a population of 8,840. Males constitute 4,495, 50.84% of the population and females 4,345, 49.15%. As per District government, [3] Keolari has an average literacy rate of 69.16%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79.82%, and female literacy is 58.47%. Schools in Keolari include Deep Jyoti Public Higher Secondary School, Bhartiya Gyan Peeth, Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Ramanujan Convent School, Excellence School (formerly Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School), Gov. Girls Hr. Sec. School, St. Norbert's School and others.

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Excellence School in Keolari
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DIET Keolari

Civic administration

Keolari is a tehsil. It is administered by Keolari Nagar Parishad. The town is divided in 15 wards. Each ward is represented by a ward member or Parshad. The SDM court has been working since 1998. It is also a Janpad panchayat.

Climate

The city has the typical hot and dry temperate of the Great Indian Plateau. Keolari is hot during summers with temperatures up to 44 degree Celsius but the winters are quite comfortable. From the July to September months bring heavy rains with the onset of the South Western monsoon. The October to March window during the winters is suitable for a visit to the city.

Transport

Rail

Keolari is a railway station on the narrow gauge (2 ft 6 in (762 mm)) line between Jabalpur to the north and Gondia / Balaghat to the south. It is connected to Asia's largest narrow gauge railway station Nainpur. This line is scheduled for conversion to broad gauge. Narrow gauge line also branches to Nainpur Mandla in the east and to Nagpur via Chhindwara.

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Keolari railway station

All the route is suspended to Maga is blocked.[ citation needed ]

Air

The nearest airports are at Jabalpur (135 km) and Nagpur (180 km).

Road

It is connected to Mandla, Seoni, Nagpur, Jabalpur and Balaghat by roads. Between Mandla and Keolari is a small village "Chirai Dongri", from where there is access to Kanha Kislee, a well-known national park. There are picnic spots at Sangam, Siddhaghat, and other locations. It is known for its two Khermai (choti and badi). Siddhaghat has small marble rocks just like Bhedhaghat in Jabalpur. The river Wanganga cut through the rocks here.[ citation needed ]

Communication providers

Airtel, Idea, Reliance Jio, vodafone and BSNL are the cellular service providers in Keolari.

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References

  1. Keolari on Wikimapia
  2. http://ourvillageindia.org/Place.aspx?PID=320380 [ dead link ]
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)