Harrai is a

Nagar Panchayat A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...

Chhindwara district Chhindwara district () is a List of districts of Madhya Pradesh, district of Madhya Pradesh state in India, and Chhindwara town is the district headquarters. Chhindwara was the largest district in Madhya Pradesh with an area of 10,293 square k ...

in the

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Geography and climate

Geography

Harrai is located at . 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

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.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India, 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

The nearest airport is

Jabalpur Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the 3rd-largest urban agglomeration of the state and the 38th-largest of the country. Jabalpur is the administrative h ...

(130 km). The nearest railway station is

Narsinghpur Narsinghpur is a city in Madhya Pradesh in central India. It is a district under Jabalpur division. Narsinghpur has a large temple dedicated to Narasimha, Lord Narasimha. As of 2001, Narsinghpur is the most literate district of the state. Hist ...

which is 44 km. Harrai is on

Chhindwara Chhindwara is a major city in India and a Municipal Corporation in the Chhindwara district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The city is the administrative headquarters of Chhindwara District. Chhindwara is reachable by rail or road fro ...

road which connects it to

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and

Pachmarhi Pachmarhi is a hill station in the Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It has been the location of a cantonment (Pachmarhi Cantonment) since the British Raj. The municipality is located in a valley of the Satpura Rang ...

. Also buses are available from this cities for Harrai.

References

{{Jabalpur Division Cities and towns in Chhindwara district