Kanad
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Kanad is a town and a nagar parishad in Agar Malwa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It comes under Kanad Parishad. It belongs to Ujjain Division and is along the Agar–Sarangpur SH-41 highway, east of the district headquarters of Agar Malwa.
Kanad is a town and a nagar parishad in Agar Malwa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It comes under Kanad Parishad. It belongs to Ujjain Division and is along the Agar–Sarangpur SH-41 highway, east of the district headquarters of Agar Malwa.
Climate
The town observes three distinct seasons: summer, monsoon and winter. Summers start in mid-March and can be extremely hot in April and May. The daytime temperatures can touch on more than one occasion. Average summer temperatures may go as high as but humidity is very low. Winters are moderate and usually dry. Lower temperatures can go as low as - on some nights. Usually the temperature ranges between 8 and 26 °C during winters. Rains are due to southwest monsoons. The typical monsoon season goes from 15 June till mid-September, contributing 32–35 inches of annual rains. About 95% of rains occur during monsoon season. Kanad gets moderate rainfall of during July–September due to the southwest monsoon.
Demographics
India census, Kanad had a population of 8,650. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kanad has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 48%. In Kanad, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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