Morena, Madhya Pradesh
Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox settlement Morena is a town and a district in the Indian state of northern Madhya Pradesh. The place gets its name from mor (meaning peacock) and raina, which means a place where peacocks are found in abundance; Morena is home to the largest number of peacocks in India.Template:Cn
Morena 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 located Template:Convert from Dholpur, Template:Convert from Gwalior, Template:Convert from Agra and Template:Convert from Bhind.
Morena is famous for National Chambal Sanctuary which is home to Gharials, which extends upto Etawah. Famous sweet "Gajak" trails its origin to Morena which is made from jaggary.
Geography
Morena is located at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It has an average elevation of 177 metres (580 feet).It is very famous for its Chambal ravines (locally known as Chambal Bharka).It is formed due to Thousands of years of erosion and change in course of river.
Demographics
Template:Update section As of the 2011 Census of India, Morena had a population of 288,303.<ref name=Cities>Template:Cite web</ref> 13.2% of the population is under six years old.<ref name="Cities" /> Literacy was 80.28%; male literacy was 89.08% and female literacy was 70.22%.<ref name="Cities" />
Politics
There are six Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Morena district:
Economy
Morena district has an agrarian economy where majority of people are engaged in the agriculture. There is an industrial area in Banmore where several industrial units are functioning.
Public amenities
Healthcare
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.
Education
Morena has several government and private owned schools. Schools in the district include:
- Govt. Excellence Higher Secondary School No. 1, Morena<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Kerela convent school
- Saint mary high school
- GD School Joura
- Triveni High School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- MG Memorial School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Neil World School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- J. S. Public School (a day boarding school)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Academic Height Public School
- Krishna Convent School Khandoli
- Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir
- T.S.S INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
- T.R GANDHI PUBLIC SCHOOL
Government Colleges in Morena
- Government Maharaja College
- Government Polytechnic College
- Government Girls College
- Agriculture College in Morena
Cuisines
- 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
Tourist places
Notable people
- 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
- Ram Bilas Pachori, Indian Academician
Transport
Road
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.
Indian railways
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.