Harrai | |
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  Harrai Location in Madhya Pradesh, India  Harrai Harrai (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°37′N 79°13′E / 22.62°N 79.22°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Chhindwara |
| Government | |
| • Body | Nagar Panchayat |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 21,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 480224 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-MP |
| Vehicle registration | MP-28 |
Harrai is a Nagar Panchayat in Chhindwara district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Geography and Climate[edit | edit source]
Geography[edit | edit source]
Harrai is located at 22°37′N 79°13′E / 22.62°N 79.22°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 588 metres (1929 feet). It is 82 km from Chhindwara district headquarter and 46 km from Narsinghpur district headquarter.
Climate[edit | edit source]
The climate in Harrai is warm and temperate. When compared with winter, the summers have much more rainfall. This location is classified as Cwa by Köppen and Geiger. The average annual temperature is 24.4 °C in Harrai. The average annual rainfall is 1145 mm. The weather data is given in the following table.[2]
| Climate data for Harrai | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 25.1 (77.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
32.9 (91.2) |
37 (99) |
40.1 (104.2) |
35.7 (96.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
30.7 (87.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
29.3 (84.7) |
33 (91) |
30.4 (86.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26 (79) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.3 (54.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15 (0.6) |
12 (0.5) |
21 (0.8) |
9 (0.4) |
11 (0.4) |
128 (5.0) |
324 (12.8) |
337 (13.3) |
229 (9.0) |
38 (1.5) |
8 (0.3) |
13 (0.5) |
1,145 (45.1) |
| Source: [2] | |||||||||||||
Demographics[edit | edit source]
As of 2011[update] India census,[3] Harrai had a population of 11,000. Males constitute 50.64% of the population and females 49.36%. Harrai has an average literacy rate of 79.3%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 85.10%, and female literacy is 73.27%. In Harrai, 13.04% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Transport[edit | edit source]
The nearest airport is Jabalpur.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Harrai
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Climate:Harrai". Climate data organization.
- ↑ "Harrai Nagar Panchayat Population Census of India 2011". Census Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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