Keolari
, is a City and a Tehsil,Municipality in Seoni district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The confluence of the Wainganga and Sagar rivers is located at Keolari. The city has a District Institute of Education Training..
Geography
Keolari is named after a kind of paddy "keolar" which was profusely produced in this region. The town has an average elevation of 447 metres. It is located at the absolute center of the country.Demographics
India census, 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, 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, Gov. Girls Hr. Sec. School, St. Norbert's School and others.Civic administration
Keolari is a tehsil. It is administered by Keolari Municipality. The town is divided into 15 wards. Each ward is represented by a ward member or Parshad. The SDM court has been working since 1998 and now it has Civil Court.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 degrees 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 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. The narrow gauge line also branches to Nainpur Mandla in the east and to Nagpur via Chhindwara.All the route is suspended to Maga is blocked.