Harrai | |
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Town | |
  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.
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.
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 |
| Mean daily maximum °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) |
| Mean daily minimum °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] | |||||||||||||
[needs update] As of the 2011 Census of India,[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.
The nearest airport is Jabalpur (130 km). The nearest railway station is Narsinghpur which is 44 km. Harrai is on Chhindwara-Narsinghpur road which connects it to Chhindwara, Narsinghpur, Jabalpur, Nagpur and Pachmarhi. Also buses are available from this cities for Harrai.