Khurai

Khurai
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Khurai Location of Khurai in Madhya Pradesh and India
Coordinates	24°03′N 78°19′E
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District(s)	Sagar district
Subdistrict(s)	Khurai
Founded	1893
Nearest city	Lalitpur, India
Mayor	Dr. Subrota Das
Member of Legislative Assembly	Mr. Arunodaya Choubey
Commissioner	P.S Khan
Population • Density • Urban	86,911 (993) (2010) • 24 /km2 (62 /sq mi) • 73435
Official languages	Hindi, Bundelkhandi, Urdu, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation • Coastline	126.77 km2 (49 sq mi) • 421 metres (1,381 ft) • 0 kilometres (0 mi)
Climate • Precipitation Temperature • Summer • Winter	AW (Köppen) •      231 mm (9.1 in) •      24.03 °C (75.25 °F) •      42.33 °C (108.19 °F) •      01.77 °C (35.186 °F)
Distance(s) • From Delhi • 949 kilometres (590 mi) S • From Mumbai • 1,089 kilometres (677 mi) NE • From Kolkata • 1,921 kilometres (1,194 mi) W • From Chennai • 2,418 kilometres (1,502 mi) N
Codes • Pincode • 470117 • Telephone • +91-7581 • UN/LOCODE • IN KHU

Khurai (Hindi: खुरई, ‎Urdu:خوري ‏‎‎) ) is a city in Sagar District and a municipality in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is located on the north east region of Madhya Pradesh. The name 'Khurai' is said to be derived with a phrase "The place called as 'KHU'da, 'RA'm and 'I'sa ki nagari = KHURAI"

Geography

Khurai is a headquarters city in Sagar District, situated near its border with Vidisha District, Madhya Pradesh. It is about 26 km east of Bhelsa and 53 km west of Sagar. Khurai is located on a plain region and hence, its land is good for wheat and rice cultivation. About 63% of the total land area comes under cultivation. Besides wheat and rice, vegetables like Brinjal, peas, tomatoes, spinach, and potatoes are also grown in small quantity.

Climate

Khurai mainly has a moderate climate. From October to February the temperature there is 12°C min to 27°C and from March to June temperature is 35°C to 48°C. The average rainfall there is about 200 cm. Winters are moderately cool and summers are lightly hot. Monsoon arrives there in June till August. Rain brings greenery around everywhere in the city.

Khurai
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     1.2   19 1     1.3   30 10     3   37 21     9   41 24     38   45 25     53   48 24     123   33 21     181   27 21     31   25 17     2.2   24 12     6.1   21 4     0.1   16 2 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: World Weather Information Service
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0   65 34     0.1   86 50     0.1   99 70     0.4   105 75     1.5   114 77     2.1   118 75     4.8   92 70     7.1   81 69     1.2   77 63     0.1   75 54     0.2   69 39     0   62 36 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Khurai has a population of 51,511. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Khurai has an average literacy rate of 80.8%, higher than the national average of 59.5%.

Political view

Khurai City is divided into 21 sub areas or wards. The popular wards are namely Mahavir Ward, Subhash Ward, Pratap Ward, Galla Mandi,Ayodhya Basti,etc. Besides these wards, Rethore,Nirtala,Ghourat, Khimlasa, Jarwaans and Jagdishpura are the sub-towns of Khurai City. The city too has three special courts including the Tehsil Court and Nyayalaya.

Economy

Main business in khurai region is agriculture. Main crops grown there are wheat (sharbati), soyabean and gram. City is hub of making agriculture equipments like thraser, ploughs, seeding machines, trolleys. Many factories exist for them. The quality of soil in Khurai is very good and it is black in colour so there a very good quality of wheat is produced. Most of the wheat transferred to Delhi and Mumbai hotels.

Tourism

There are many places in this city where you can enjoy and entertain yourself. Some of them are,

• Laal Mandir or Red Temple.
• Mahaakali temple
• Purana Quilla
• Jagdishpura
• Van Vibhaag
• Nirtala
• Talaab

Popular places to visit are "The old fort (dohela)", "Talliya Mandir", "Talaab", "Gulshan-e-madeena Mosque", "Mahakali Mandir", "Pandit Ka Kuan", "Shehnai Garden" and Jain Temple in Gurukul (Lal Mandir).

"DANKHEDI" a religious place view is one of the most beautiful view in whole area

Transport

Railways

The City has 3 railway stations.

• Khurai / Indraprastha Railway Station (Main)
• Sumreri
• Baghora

The proposed Saugor - Chhattarpur Via. Tikamgarh rail Route will provide Dhangar Area a new mode and this way the city will get a new Railway Station Khurai Dhangar , 10 kms from Khurai main railway station.

The Khurai Railway Station is the main railway station which is   well connected by rail route to Delhi, Mumbai, Howrah, Puri, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bilaspur, Rewa, Itarsi, Katni etc. While the other station is located at Khurai Sumreri which halts only passenger and local trains. The nearest railway junction is Bina Junction 22 km away which connects Khurai to other major cities of India.

As it is very close to Bina Junction,this provides a lot of convenience to the people.Some of the daily trains which have stoppages at Khurai City are mentioned here:

• Amritsar Vishakhapatnam HIRAKUND EXPRESS.
• Haridwar Puri KALINGUTKAL EXPRESS.
• Hazrat Nizamuddin Jabalpur GONDWANA EXPRESS (Super)
• Varanasi Lokmanya Tilak Terminus / Kurla Mumbai KAMAYANI EXPRESS.
• Howrah Indore KSHIPRA EXPRESS.
• Bhopal Howrah MAIL
• Rajkot Jabalpur VERAVAL EXPRESS.
• Jaipur Jabalpur DAYODAYA EXPRESS.
• Bhopal – Bilaspur Express.
• Kota Damoh PASSENGER
• Damoh Bina PASSENGER.
• Bhopal Rewa REWANCHAL EXPRESS (Super)
• Katni Bina MIX PASSENGER.
• Bhopal Jabalpur OVERNIGHT EXPRESS.
• Bhopal Itarsi VINDHYACHAL EXPRESS

All these trains,excluding some trains are running daily and have their stoppage at Khurai Railway Station.Besides the railway service,the bus service is also available in the city.

Roadways

Khurai is located on National Highway 26A (Extension to NH-26) between Sagar and Bina and is well connected to Jhansi, Gwalior, Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur by road.

There are daily buses for Bhopal, Indore, Jhansi, Sagar and Bina.

Within the city, tempo vans and magic provide local transport.

Khurai City Bus

Proposed service to start by year 2011. A few of them runs as follow :

1. Rethore - Pathar - Rethore
2. Nirtala - Jarwans - Nirtala via. Rajiv Chowk
3. Nirtala - Jarwans - Nirtala via. Talaiya
4. Nirtala - Dhangar - Nirtala
5. Jarwans - Jagdishpura - Jarwans
6. Jarwans - Ghourat - Jarwans

Airways

Nearest International Airport is Bhopal Airport and Domestic airport is located at Gwalior.

Services

Education

Khurai is a developing city in Sagar District in terms of education. For such purpose, different schools and colleges are provided for the students.

Schools in Khurai

The city has many primary, higher and senior secondary schools. The CBSE affiliated English schools are : 1. Holy Family Convent Sr. Secondary School, Khurai 2. Gyanodaya S.M.V.M. 3. Javahar Navodaya Vidyalaya 4. Kendriya Vidyalaya Dhangar

While Saraswati High School, Pt.K.C. Sharma Excellence School, Blue Bells, Lord Shiva School etc. are MP Board affiliated.

The town has a Polytechnic College and a Science & Arts College. Khurai also has a Jawahar Navodaya Vidhyalya.

Telecommunication and Media

In the past years, the city has developed much in providing better communication facilities in the city. These networks are providing services in the city:

• B.S.N.L - CellOne
• Reliance
• Idea
• AirTel
• Tata Indicom & DoCoMo
• Aircel
• Vodaphone
• Videocon

Local entertainment

The city's biggest cinema hall called NATARAJ Talkies is a centre of entertainment in the city. One can watch many Bollywood & Hollywood movies here and at very low price.

Banking

The banks located in different region of Khurai City.

• State Bank Of India with ATM facility.(Railway Road)
• Central Bank (Galla Mandi)
• Sahara Bank (Galla Mandi)Non Banking Sector
• Graameen Bank (Gurukul Road)
• Punjab National Bank with ATM Facility.(Railway Station Road)
• Union Bank Of India with ATM Facility.(Railway Station Road)

Medical

Health system of the city is poorly developed which solely depends on the poorly equipped govt hospital and a Swedish mission hospital.