Morena

Morena
[Municipal corporation]
Chausath Yogini Temple, Morena
Nickname:  City of Peacocks
Morena Location in Madhya Pradesh Show map of Madhya Pradesh Morena Morena (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°30′N 78°00′E / 26.5°N 78.0°E / 26.5; 78.0
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Morena
Region	Gwalior Chambal
Government
• MP	Shivmangal Singh Tomar (BJP)
• Collector	Mr.Ankit Asthana (IAS)
Area
• Total	80 km2 (30 sq mi)
Elevation	177 m (581 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	200,483
• Rank	154
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi English
• Dialect	Bundeli
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	476001
Telephone code	07532
Vehicle registration	MP-06
Website	morena.nic.in

Morena, is a town and a district in the Indian state of northern Madhya Pradesh. The place gets its name from “mor” (peacock) and “raina”- which means a place where peacocks are found in abundance and is home to the largest number of peacocks in India.

It is situated on the border of three states Madhya pradesh, Rajsthan and Uttar pradesh. It is governed by a municipal corporation. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Chambal division. It is 39 kilometres (24 mi) from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh and 82 km from Agra, Uttar pradesh.

Morena is famous for National Chambal Sanctuary which is home to Gharials. Famous sweet "Gajak" trails its origin to Morena which is made from jaggary.

Morena is located at 26°30′N 78°00′E / 26.5°N 78.0°E / 26.5; 78.0.^[2] It has an average elevation of 177 metres (580 feet).

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As of the 2011 Census of India, Morena had a population of 288,303.^[3] 13.2% of the population is under six years old.^[3] Literacy was 80.28%; male literacy was 89.08% and female literacy was 70.22%.^[3]

Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party are the major parties active in the Morena district.

There are six vidhansabha constituencies in the Morena district which are Sabalgarh, Joura, Sumawali, Morena, Dimani, and Ambah.

Morena district has an agrarian economy where majority of people are engaged in the agriculture. There is an industrial area in Banmore where several units are functioning.

Kunwar Jahar singh sharma district hospital is government owned District Hospital in Morena. It is a 350 bed hospital with facilities like in-house doctors, Ultrasound facility, in-house Blood bank, E.C.G and Lens transplantation.

Morena has several government and private owned schools. Schools in the district include:

• Govt. Excellence Higher Secondary School No. 1, Morena^[4]
• GD School Joura.
• Triveni High School^[5]
• MG Memorial School^[6]
• Neil World School^[7]
• J. S. Public School (a day boarding school)^[8]
• Academic Height Public School
• Krishna Convent School Khandoli
• Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir

• Gajak - Gajak is prepared with sesame seeds and jaggery with a method of preparation which is time consuming. It takes about 10–15 hours to prepare 5–8 kilograms of gajaks. The dough is hammered until all the sesame seeds break down and release their oils into the dough.
• Bedai sabji

• Kheer pua

• Chausath Yogini Mandir
• Sanichara Dham^[9]
• Ataar Ghat, Sabalgarh
• Alopi Shankar Temple, Kailaras
• Ishwara Mahadev Mandir, Pahargarh
• National Chambal Sanctuary

• Ram Prasad Bismil, an Indian revolutionary from the village of Barbai
• Narendra Singh Tomar, Former union minister
• V. D. Sharma, MP and BJP state president
• Adal Singh Kansana, Minister in the Madhya Pradesh government
• Paan Singh Tomar, Athlete
• Manoj Kumar Sharma, IPS officer

Morena is situated on National Highway 3. The roadway connects all the parts of the state and nearby states such as Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The city is situated at the heart of India and can be reached from anywhere in the country through National Highway No. 3. The city has Mofussil (city-to-city) bus services with connections to nearby towns, villages and cities.

Morena railway station is connected by train services to all parts of the country. Direct connections by train are available to these cities. Express trains such as the Bhopal Express, Taj Express and Bhopal Shatabdi and many more stop at Morena.

• List of cities in Madhya Pradesh
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