Harrai
Harrai is a Nagar Panchayat in Chhindwara district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Harrai | |
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Town | |
  Harrai Location in Madhya Pradesh, India  Harrai Harrai (India) | |
| Coordinates: 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 |
Geography and Climate
Geography
Harrai is located at 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
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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
As of 2011 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.
References
- Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Harrai
- "Climate:Harrai". Climate data organization.
- "Harrai Nagar Panchayat Population Census of India 2011". Census Commission of India. Retrieved 19 January 2017.