Jeonara | |
Native Name Lang: | hi |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | India Madhya Pradesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Madhya Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 22.0414°N 79.7778°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Madhya Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Seoni |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 655 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 480667 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 07692 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Seoni |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Balaghat |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Barghat |
Iso Code: | IN-MP |
Jeonara is a village in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, India.[1]
It is situated at an altitude of 513m (1,683feet) and lies 4km (02miles) from Barghat, the Tehsil headquarters, and 28km (17miles) from Seoni, the district headquarters.
The major profession of the villagers is agriculture. State Highway 26 [SH-26] passes through village which links district headquarters Seoni with neighboring district Balaghat.
The village was owned by the local Rahangdale family. Shri Kusa Rahangdale bought the village and his son Shri Inka Rahangdale planned and reformed it around 1780. The tenth generation of this family is still serving with their high value ancestral public welfare program. Shri Ram Singh Rahangdale has been a prominent personality of this village. His son, Shri Gajanand Rahangdale, is the chief land owner of the village and is the Chairman of Satyaprerana Vidyamandir committee, which runs schools for the primary education of poor children. His brother, Shri Mahanand Rahangdale, is a known lawyer and politician and had contested for Barghat constituency in the 1998 state elections.
A tributary of the river Wainganga passes by this village, known as Hirri. The Wainganga is referred in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book.
This place is well known in the region for its Mahashivratri Mela, a religious gathering of Shiva devotees, every year in February/March. The local Mela Samiti or festival committee takes care of event. The 3-day festival concludes with a bullock cart race.
Jeonara is known to be Madhya Pradesh's largest fish seed production farm, operated by the state government. The fish seed supplied to the entirety of Madhya Pradesh, some parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.