| Morena | |
| Native Name Lang: | मुरैना |
| Settlement Type: | [Municipal corporation] |
| Nickname: | City of Peacocks |
| Pushpin Map: | India Madhya Pradesh#India3 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Madhya Pradesh |
| Coordinates: | 26.5°N 78°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Madhya Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Morena |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Gwalior Chambal |
| Leader Title: | MP |
| Leader Name: | Shivmangal Singh Tomar (BJP) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 80 |
| Elevation M: | 177 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 200483 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Rank: | 154 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi English |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Dialect |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Bundeli |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 476001 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 07532 |
| Registration Plate: | MP-06 |
| Leader Title1: | Collector |
| Leader Name1: | Mr.Ankit Asthana (IAS) |
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 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 .[2] It has an average elevation of 177 metres (580 feet).
As of the 2011 Census of India, Morena had a population of .[3] 13.2% of the population is under six years old. Literacy was 80.28%; male literacy was 89.08% and female literacy was 70.22%.
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:
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.