Seoni district
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Seoni district सिवनी जिला |
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| District of Madhya Pradesh | |
 Location of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Jabalpur |
| Headquarters | Seoni (Madhya Pradesh) |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Balaghat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,758 km2 (3,381 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,378,876 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 73.01 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 984 |
| Average annual precipitation | 1384 mm |
| Website | Official website |
Seoni District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Seoni is the district headquarters.
Seoni district forms part of the Satpura tableland, containing the headwaters of the Wainganga. It is largely covered with forest. The district is remarkable for the beauty of its scenery and the fertility of its valleys.
The northern and western portions include the plateaus of Lakhnadon and Seoni; the eastern section consists of the watershed and elevated basin of the Wainganga; and in the south-west is a narrow strip of rocky land known as Dongartal. The plateaus of Seoni and Lakhnadon vary in height from 1,800 to 2,000 ft.; they are well cultivated and clear of jungle, and their temperature is always moderate and healthy.
Geologically the north part of Seoni consists of trap hills and the south of crystalline rock. The soil of the plateaus is the rich black cotton soil formed by disintegrated trap, of which about two-thirds of the district are said to consist; but towards the south, where cliffs of gneiss and other primitive formations occur, the soil is siliceous and contains a large proportion of clay.
The chief river is the Wainganga, with its affluents the Sagar, Theli, Bijna and Thanwar; other streams are the Timar and the Sher, tributaries of the Nerbudda. The annual rainfall averages 53 in. The principal crops are wheat, millets, rice, pulse, oil-seeds and cotton.
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