Lodhikheda
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| subdivision_name1 = Madhya Pradesh
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| subdivision_name2 = Chhindwara
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| leader_title1 = President
| leader_name1 = Droupadi Murmu
| leader_title2 = Vice president
| leader_name2 = {{nowrap|Jagdeep Dhankhar}}
| leader_title3 = Prime minister
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| leader_title4 = Chief minister
| leader_name4 = Mohan Yadav
| leader_title5 = MLA
| leader_name5 = Nanabhau Mohod
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| elevation_m = 410
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| population_total = 9,950
| population_as_of = 2011
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| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 480108
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 07165
| registration_plate = MP-28
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Lodhikheda is a town and a nagar parishad in Pandhurna district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is famous for its oranges. More than 90 per cent of farmers produce oranges. Cotton is grown in large quantities in the local area.
Geography
Lodhikheda is located at {{Coord|21.58|N|78.83|E}}.[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Lodhikheda.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Lodhikheda] It has an average elevation of 410 metres (1345 feet).
Demographics
{{As of|2011}} India census,{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}} Lodhikheda had a population of 9950. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Lodhikheda has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 61%. In Lodhikheda, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
With the arrival of industries in the area, the population of the region has gradually been increasing, creating the need for quality education, and hence a number of schools and colleges are born in the last two decades apart from the government schools and one government colleges for science and arts commerce respectively.
Raymond textiles mills had started their own CBSE pattern school for the children of their employees and general public as well as Kailashpath Singhania High School similar to Bhansali Public School started by the Bhansali Engineering Polymers Ltd.
Since then a number of schools have been started by renowned residents and education professionals. At present the town is one of the best places in the nearby districts of the state, with more than 5 schools with modern education.
=Colleges=
Govt college of Art and Commerce, Lodhikheda,
Satpura College of Information & Bio Technology, Sausar,
Revnath Choure College of Information & Technology, Sausar,
Little Step College of Science & Technology, Borgaon.
=Schools=
Lala Kailashpat Singhania High School,
Kanhan Higher Secondary School,
Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School,
Govt. Middle School,
Sarswati Shishu Mandir Higher Secondary School,
New Sai Sharda School,
Chatrapati Shiwaji Primary School,
Govt Urdhu School.
little step English medium school lodhikheda,
saraswati shishu mandir higher secondary school,
G.S.D.M. Gurukul higher secondary school,
Bhaskaram public school,
sunflower school.
Climate
Lodhikheda has tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen climate classification) with dry conditions prevailing for most of the year. It receives an annual rainfall of 1,205 mm (47.44 inches) from monsoon rains during June to September. {{cite web|url=http://nagpur.nic.in/htmldocs/GEO.htm |title=Geographical Information (on Lodhikheda city) |publisher=National Informatics Centre, Nagpur |accessdate=30 June 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217113220/http://nagpur.nic.in/htmldocs/geo.htm |archivedate=17 February 2005 }} The highest recorded daily rainfall was 304 mm on 14 July 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1042519/report-flooding-power-cuts-after-nagpur-rains|title=Flooding, power cuts after Nagpur rains|publisher=dnaindia.com|accessdate=18 July 2006}} Summers are extremely hot, lasting from March to June, with May being the hottest month. Winter lasts from November to January, during which temperatures drop below 10 °C (50 °F). The highest recorded temperature in the city was 48 °C on 19 May 2015, while the lowest was 3.9 °C.
{{Weather box
| location = Lodhikheda (1971–1990)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| temperature colour =
| Jan record high C = 36.6
| Feb record high C = 39.2
| Mar record high C = 45.0
| Apr record high C = 46.1
| May record high C = 47.8
| Jun record high C = 47.7
| Jul record high C = 40.6
| Aug record high C = 37.8
| Sep record high C = 38.9
| Oct record high C = 39.5
| Nov record high C = 35.6
| Dec record high C = 39.7
| year record high C = 47.8
| Jan high C = 28.7
| Feb high C = 31.2
| Mar high C = 36.2
| Apr high C = 40.7
| May high C = 42.4
| Jun high C = 37.5
| Jul high C = 31.6
| Aug high C = 30.5
| Sep high C = 32.3
| Oct high C = 32.7
| Nov high C = 30.4
| Dec high C = 28.1
| year high C = 33.5
| Jan mean C = 20.8
| Feb mean C = 23.2
| Mar mean C = 27.7
| Apr mean C = 32.5
| May mean C = 35.1
| Jun mean C = 31.9
| Jul mean C = 27.9
| Aug mean C = 27.1
| Sep mean C = 27.7
| Oct mean C = 26.4
| Nov mean C = 23.0
| Dec mean C = 20.4
| year mean C = 27.0
| Jan low C = 12.9
| Feb low C = 15.1
| Mar low C = 19.2
| Apr low C = 24.3
| May low C = 27.8
| Jun low C = 26.3
| Jul low C = 24.1
| Aug low C = 23.6
| Sep low C = 23.1
| Oct low C = 20.0
| Nov low C = 15.5
| Dec low C = 12.6
| year low C = 20.4
| Jan record low C = 3.9
| Feb record low C = 5.0
| Mar record low C = 8.3
| Apr record low C = 13.9
| May record low C = 19.4
| Jun record low C = 20.0
| Jul record low C = 19.4
| Aug record low C = 18.3
| Sep record low C = 16.6
| Oct record low C = 11.6
| Nov record low C = 6.7
| Dec record low C = 5.5
| year record low C = 3.9
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 16
| Feb precipitation mm = 22
| Mar precipitation mm = 15
| Apr precipitation mm = 8
| May precipitation mm = 18
| Jun precipitation mm = 168
| Jul precipitation mm = 290
| Aug precipitation mm = 291
| Sep precipitation mm = 157
| Oct precipitation mm = 73
| Nov precipitation mm = 17
| Dec precipitation mm = 19
| year precipitation mm = 1094
| unit rain days = 1.0 mm
| Jan rain days = 1.8
| Feb rain days = 2.2
| Mar rain days = 1.9
| Apr rain days = 1.2
| May rain days = 2.9
| Jun rain days = 11.4
| Jul rain days = 17.5
| Aug rain days = 16.5
| Sep rain days = 10.4
| Oct rain days = 4.0
| Nov rain days = 1.3
| Dec rain days = 1.1
| year rain days = 72.2
| Jan humidity = 54
| Feb humidity = 43
| Mar humidity = 30
| Apr humidity = 24
| May humidity = 27
| Jun humidity = 55
| Jul humidity = 77
| Aug humidity = 80
| Sep humidity = 74
| Oct humidity = 61
| Nov humidity = 55
| Dec humidity = 56
| year humidity = 53
| Jan sun = 272.0
| Feb sun = 268.3
| Mar sun = 287.6
| Apr sun = 290.8
| May sun = 293.8
| Jun sun = 186.6
| Jul sun = 115.4
| Aug sun = 116.7
| Sep sun = 182.5
| Oct sun = 260.4
| Nov sun = 264.1
| Dec sun = 268.8
| year sun = 2807.0
| source 1 = NOAA{{cite web
| url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_II/IN/42867.TXT
| title = Nagpur/Sonegaon Climate Normals 1971–1990
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| accessdate = 17 April 2015}}
| source 2 = India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010){{cite web
|url=http://www.imdpune.gov.in/Temp_Extremes/histext2010.pdf
|format=PDF
|title=Ever recorded Maximum and minimum temperatures up to 2010
|publisher=India Meteorological Department
|accessdate=17 April 2015
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316064314/http://www.imdpune.gov.in/Temp_Extremes/histext2010.pdf
|archivedate=16 March 2014
}}
| date = December 2012}}
Culture
Pola (Festival of Bullocks) and Holi are the main festivals of this area. Famous Marathi writers include Ram Ganesh Gadkari. Most of the people of Lodhikheda are Maratha/ Kunbi (farmers), Teli (oil merchants) and Koshtis (cotton weavers), and some of the red dye is still produced, for which the town was at one time noted. In addition, all the main Indian festivals are celebrated here.
Religious places and festivals
The most famous temple in Lodhikheda is Sangeet Dham Mandir, and is said to be one of the Swayambhu ("self-manifested") temples in the city.
There are many sites in the city that testify the importance of the religion Mahakali Temple, Mata Mandir, Vitthal Mandir, Maa Sharda Mandir, Maa Tarini Mandir, Durga Temple, Shree Ram Mandir, Shiv Mandir, Shree Hanuman Mandir, Shri Shani Temple, Satyanarayan Temple, Jain Temple, Kabir Temple, Sunni Jama Masjid and Choti Masjid, Shri Taaran Taran Digamber Jain Temple, 1008 shri parasnath digamber temple, Mother Mary Church and Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Darbar
Religious events are observed in the city throughout the year. Ram Navami is celebrated in Nagpur with shobha yatra with a procession of floats depicting events from the Ramayana.{{cite web|url=http://www.poddareshwarrammandir.com/shobha.htm |title=About Shobha Yatra |publisher=Sri Poddareshwar Ram Mandir Website}} Processions are also held on important festivals of other religions such as Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din, Vijayadashami, Eid E Milad, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Mahavir Jayanti, Durga puja, Ganesh Chaturthi and Moharram. Like the rest of India, Nagpurkars celebrate major Hindu festivals like Diwali, Holi and Dussera with enthusiasm. Celebrations lasting for several days are held on Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja festivals in virtually every small locality in the city.
Industrial area
Lodhikheda is a Handloom Cluster & Raymond GroupThe Raymond Chhindwara plant, set up in 1991, is a state-of-the-art integrated manufacturing facility located 65 km away from Chhindwara. Built on 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land, the plant produces premium pure wool, wool blended and polyester viscose suiting. This plant has achieved a record production capacity of 14.65 million meters, giving it the distinction of being the single largest integrated worsted suiting unit in the world.