Jeonara

Jeonara ( जेवनारा ) is a village in Seoni District of Madhya Pradesh in India. It is situated at coordinates coord|22|2|28.63|N|79|46|39.84|E|type:city|display=inline,title, and at an altitude of 1,684 ft. It is on Seoni - Balaghat state highway at a distance of 4 km from Barghat, the Tehsil headquarters, and 28 km 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 local Rahangdale family. Shri Kusa Rahangdale has bought this 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 school for primary education of poor children. His brother Shri Mahanand Rahangdale is known lawyer and politician and had contested for Barghat contituency in 1998 state elections. He had lost to Dhal Singh Bisen who later became minister in Uma Bharti government in state. Shri Jhamsingh Rahangdale is present Mukadam or village head.

A tributary of the river Wainganga passes by this village, known as Hirri. Wainganga is referred in Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book".

This place is well known in vicinity for its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahashivratri Mahashivratri Mela] , a religious gathering of Shiva devotees, every year in February - March. Local Mela Samiti or festival committee takes care of event. The 3 day festival concludes with a bullock cart race.

Local Administration

Local administration is gram [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchayat Panchayat] , Headed by Sarpanch Smt Neeta Bhagat, village have 19 wards, each ward is represented by a ward member.

State Govt Establishments

Jeonara is well known for madhya pradesh's largest fish seed production farm, operated by State Government. The fish seed supplied to entire Madhya Predesh, some parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh and Maharashtra.