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| subdivision_name1       = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
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| subdivision_name2       = Seoni
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| governing_body          = [[Gram panchayat]]
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| elevation_m             = 655
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| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code             = 480667
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| area_code               = 07692
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| blank1_info_sec1        = Seoni
| blank2_name_sec1        = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1        = Balaghat
| blank3_name_sec1        = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1        = Barghat
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'''Jeonara''' is a village in the [[Seoni District|Seoni]] [[Districts of Madhya Pradesh|district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name=census>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-VillageDirectory/Directory/short_code_rural_23.pdf|title=Village Code Directory: Madhya Pradesh|accessdate=19 November 2010}}</ref>
It is situated at an altitude of {{convert|513|m|ft}} and lies {{convert|4|km|mi}} from [[Barghat]], the [[Tehsil]] headquarters, and {{convert|28|km|mi}} 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]].
==History==
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]]''.
==Festivals==
This place is well known in the region for its [[Mahashivratri|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.
==State Government Establishments==
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]].
==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Seoni district|Jeonara]]
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